Last summer, my strawberry patch went absolutely wild. I’m talking buckets of berries every few days for three weeks straight. My neighbor Carol saw me hauling the fifth harvest basket to my kitchen and yelled … Read more
My neighbor Margaret called me last summer in a panic. Her backyard apple tree was loaded with fruit, and she had no idea what to do with hundreds of apples. “I’ve been buying expensive superfood … Read more
My neighbor Jim started growing raspberries three years ago after his doctor told him to watch his blood sugar. He’d been eating bananas every morning, thinking he was being healthy. Turns out, one medium banana … Read more
Have you ever sat on your porch here in Bakersfield, cracking open pistachios, and wondered how they get here? I have. My neighbor, Sal, he planted a few trees in his backyard years ago. For … Read more
A few years back, I was helping a customer in Fresno with a new garden. Their soil was bad. Nothing grew right. They were frustrated. I saw a pistachio shell on their porch. I asked … Read more