This video shows how to successfully plant avocado trees in areas containing clay soil. Root rot disease and poor soil drainage is the number 1 reason why avocados fail and die but this method helps ...

Avocados are notoriously hard to grow particularly in heavy soil (clay). This video shows a great example of how to plant an avocado tree in heavy clay and keep it from dying due to root rot or other ...

Have you ever looked at a pile of kitchen scraps and wondered if they could have a second life? Instead of tossing them into the compost or trash, you can transform many common food leftovers into ...

From plans for spring harvest to spacing tips to planting basics, there’s a steady stream of tasks to do and things to look forward to ...

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 ...

You can plant an olive pit and grow an olive tree either indoors or outside. Use an olive pit from an organic tree, rather than from a jar of olives you got at the store. Be patient! It can take years ...

A new program using satellite imagery seeks to raise pressure on avocado growers by getting support from American buyers.

Many gardeners understand the ecological importance of native plants, which are those plants that occur naturally in a geographic area, and have evolved over thousands of years, shaped by local ...

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A 2023 report by Climate Rights International found that avocado expansion over the preceding decade resulted in the clearing of up to 70,000 acres of forest in Michoacán and Jalisco, the only states ...