If you have more than one live oak in your landscape, you probably have sprouts emerging from the ground from at least one mature tree and maybe other sprouts spread over the landscape. Some gardeners ...

This is the season of acorn gathering in California. It was once so important to Native Americans the whole year pivoted around the gathering and processing of these nuts. Gathering isn’t just ...

Fall is here, and so are acorns, falling from oak trees into yards everywhere. Viable acorns can be grown into oak trees, if properly handled. Here are questions about how this is done with answers ...

Oak trees are stately trees that can live for hundreds of years. These are the most common types of native oak trees that ...

Propagation is one of my favorite things to do. It's a rewarding feeling to be able to multiply your indoor and outdoor plants, and I love to share my propagations with friends and family. That's why ...

California’s American Indians were more than hunter gatherers. They used fire to burn away the dry chaff so acorns could fall on barren ground to make collecting easier. This also reduced the ...