Showing posts with label navel oranges. Show all posts
Showing posts with label navel oranges. Show all posts
Thursday, December 22, 2022

Picking the Low Hanging Fruit

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We had a big freeze a couple of years ago that really hurt our citrus trees.  In fact, I thought they all perished.  But they came back.  Al...
Monday, June 7, 2021

Frozen Fruit Trees

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In the deep freeze of 2021 we struggled in tropical south Louisiana.  We did our best to cover the garden with tarps to protect the vegetabl...
Thursday, January 7, 2021

Juicy Fruit! It is Citrus Time

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This is the time of year around here in South Louisiana when the weather gets chilly, leaves fall from the hardwoods, the humidity drops, mo...
Monday, November 11, 2019

Surveying the Citrus

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The seasons change quickly.  As I write this tonight, I can hear the wind chimes on the back patio chiming constantly as 20 mph gusts buffet...
Monday, February 25, 2019

The Last Days of Citrus

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We had a bumper crop of citrus this year.  Since late November we have been eating tangerines.  Just last week we ate the last of them.  Not...
Monday, October 29, 2018

Serious Citrus

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Saturday morning before getting started for a full day in the garden, I strolled around the yard with my mug of Community Coffee & Chico...
Thursday, September 15, 2016

Too Much of A Good Thing

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Saturday morning after milking I like to walk around the pasture and the yard just observing things. I'll pick up a few fallen branches,...
Tuesday, February 16, 2016

Picking the Very Last of the Navel Oranges

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This year was an excellent year for citrus.  We've picked every last tangerine off our our trees and just the other day I went out and p...