Avocado Pest Identification: How to Spot Thrips and Persea Mite Damage
Scouting young avocado trees for early pest damage is one of the most critical habits you can build whether you manage a…
At Least 750 Avocados on One Tree: Estimating a Loaded Tree in March
How many avocados can one tree carry? Earlier this month we set out to count the fruit on one of ours. We…
San Diego Avocado Groves: Comparing 1978 to 2026 and Why We Are Replanting
San Diego County avocado groves once defined the agricultural identity of Southern California. Decades ago, rolling hillsides throughout Escondido, Fallbrook, and Valley…
Where America’s Avocados Come From: The 2025 Numbers by Country
Where do most avocados come from? The grocery store, of course. That is the joke answer, and for most shoppers it is…
Planting an Avocado Pit? Expect a 7-to-10-Year Wait for Fruit
Can you grow an avocado tree from the pit left over from your guacamole? Absolutely. The catch is time: it will probably…
Raising Kids on an Avocado Farm: Building Legacy in the Soil
Raising kids on an avocado farm teaches them where food comes from in a way no screen can: they dig in real…
Avocado Tree Stumping: How Severe Pruning Saved Our Grove Through the 2008 Water Cuts
Avocado tree stumping means cutting a tree down to a short trunk so it can regrow a whole new canopy, and it…
An Easter Egg Hunt in the Avocado Grove
This one is short: fifteen seconds of Easter on the farm, with an egg hunt among the trees and not much talking.…
Planting 400 Hass Avocado Trees: Expanding Our Commercial Mountain Grove
We are planting 400 two-year-old Hass avocado trees across the lower five acres of our 10-acre commercial grove on the mountain north…
Ahuacatl: The Aztec Word Behind Avocado, and Why the Fruit Grows in Pairs
Why are avocados called avocados? The word goes back to ahuacatl, from Nahuatl, the language of the Aztecs. And in the Aztec…
