I have found Miracle-Gro All Purpose Garden Soil for In-Ground Use to be a highly economical and effective amendment when planting vegetables from 3-inch or 4-inch containers. Two weeks ago, I dug a ...

Judges tasted nearly 30 guacamole entries at the 39th California Avocado Festival in Carpinteria. It was the most submissions ...

Rather, we're singing a love song to the California Avocado Festival, a free party that has been around for a good, long, and ...

Particularly among city gardeners, growing avocados in containers is becoming rather trendy. Any kitchen should include avocados since they are flexible and nutritious. Avocados offer good fats, ...

Marking Fairtrade Fortnight, tea farmers in Kenya – a country which provides around half of the tea we drink in the UK – tell Nick Ferris that they are increasingly threatened by climate change and ch ...

Limoneira Co. announced Sept. 9 that it will "explore the development" of its Limco Del Mar property in east Ventura. Limoneira recently spent $5.6 million to take a controlling interest in the ...

Around-the-clock efforts are underway to protect giant Sequoias within the McKinley Grove that are being threatened by the raging wild fire burning nearby and continuing to grow in eastern Fresno ...

The iconic actress is a proud mother and grandmother. Jane Fonda welcomed her first child, daughter Vanessa Vadim, with then-husband Roger Vadim in 1968. The actress and then-husband Tom Hayden ...

There's nothing more satisfying than harvesting the literal fruits of your labor, and if you've grown an avocado tree from a pit, then there's no prouder plant parent than you. As you've probably ...

A lightning-sparked wildfire in California’s Sierra National Forest burned Tuesday through a grove of giant sequoias and set some of the ancient towering trees on fire. Wildland firefighters with tree ...