I love people who love plants. It’s hardly a revelation. I’ve known it for as long as I’ve been gardening, but nothing says I really love my plants like lugging a potted citrus tree in the house every ...
GREEN BAY, Wis. – It’s the member of the family Mark Was lets in the house only when it gets cold outside. Not to name names – oops, it doesn’t have one – but it stands more than 6½ feet tall, barely ...
Q: We moved into our home in 1970, and there was a small grapefruit tree growing in the back yard. We don't know how old the tree is, but it is healthy and always produces hundreds of delicious ...
FOUNTAIN CITY, Wis. - Everyone said it couldn't be done. But after 17 years, Karen Petersburg finally has a grapefruit. In 1993, Petersburg planted eight seeds taken from a grapefruit her stepdaughter ...
If there's a breeze blowing as you walk down Queenstown Road in Battersea, you might smell the scent of fresh citrus. And if you look up outside one of the front gardens, you might see dozens of ...
Q: I saw your newspaper column and wondered if you could help me. A year ago I lost a grapefruit tree. It started with one branch rotting and continued to the trunk of the tree. Now the back branches ...
I recently returned from Israel where I assisted harvesting this winter’s citrus crop in the kibbutz and moshav (farmers’ cooperative) communities that border the Gaza Strip. Prior to October 7th, ...