Passover is fast approaching and the seder menu may be on your mind. Of six of the traditional foods found on the seder plate, four categories are vegetables or herbs, or come from plants. And you can actually harvest much of the Passover plate produce from your own garden. Or, if your “green thumb” isn’t…
When life gives you lemons…make lemonade. Good advice for Arizona gardeners growing citrus. “Technically, we’re famous for it. It is one of the ‘5 Cs’ of Arizona: Cattle, Copper, Citrus, Cotton and Climate,” says Peter Warren, an urban horticulture agent specializing in entomology, pest management and environmental horticulture at The University of Arizona’s Cooperative Extension…
Tu B’Shevat falls on Jan. 25 this year. The day is known as the New Year for Trees since it is the date used to calculate a tree’s age for tithing purposes. In Israel this is the season when the earliest blooming plants slowly awake from winter slumber and begin a new fruit-bearing cycle. And…
