Articles by Andrew Glazier
Fruit Gardener: California Rare Fruit Growers, July/August 2009
Beleaguered olive industry: Is the Romance Fading? - One California industry that is growing yet beset with plenty of trouble...
"It is around midnight when my wife and I are nearly shaken out of bed by a thunderous racket outside. Something that sounds for all the world like an army tank is moving through the trees on the property next to our place. We live in an agricultural area between an orange grove and another grove of olive trees. While trucks and machinery are often used in these orchards, we are surprised nonetheless to hear such a din in the dead of night. 'What the heck is that?' we exclaim." Read more
Fruit Gardener: California Rare Fruit Growers, May/June 2009
Huanglongbing disease vector: Asian Psyillid - One potential hazard of indiscriminate propagation of fruiting plants
"As an admittedly obsessive plant collector, I sometimes ask myself why I go to the lengths I do to find the next rare plant. Is it really some belief that the world will be better if I find the next hybrid whatever, or is it essentially rooted in my ego? I recently took inventory of my plant collection and saw that it had reached ridiculous proportions. Considering the recent birth of my daughter, I knew changes had to come I could no longer justify my behavior." Read more
Fruit Gardener: California Rare Fruit Growers, January/February 2009
The ultimate do-it-yourself project: Extreme Fruit Growing
"As I write this, my head is spinning. I have just arrived home from a meeting of the Sequoia chapter on a pool patio at the residence of Walter Thoma in the hills east of Porterville, Calif. I had been told that Walter is a wonderful person with astonishing drive and incredible greenhouses, so I was prepared... sort of." Read more
Beleaguered olive industry: Is the Romance Fading? - One California industry that is growing yet beset with plenty of trouble...
"It is around midnight when my wife and I are nearly shaken out of bed by a thunderous racket outside. Something that sounds for all the world like an army tank is moving through the trees on the property next to our place. We live in an agricultural area between an orange grove and another grove of olive trees. While trucks and machinery are often used in these orchards, we are surprised nonetheless to hear such a din in the dead of night. 'What the heck is that?' we exclaim." Read more
Fruit Gardener: California Rare Fruit Growers, May/June 2009
Huanglongbing disease vector: Asian Psyillid - One potential hazard of indiscriminate propagation of fruiting plants
"As an admittedly obsessive plant collector, I sometimes ask myself why I go to the lengths I do to find the next rare plant. Is it really some belief that the world will be better if I find the next hybrid whatever, or is it essentially rooted in my ego? I recently took inventory of my plant collection and saw that it had reached ridiculous proportions. Considering the recent birth of my daughter, I knew changes had to come I could no longer justify my behavior." Read more
Fruit Gardener: California Rare Fruit Growers, January/February 2009
The ultimate do-it-yourself project: Extreme Fruit Growing
"As I write this, my head is spinning. I have just arrived home from a meeting of the Sequoia chapter on a pool patio at the residence of Walter Thoma in the hills east of Porterville, Calif. I had been told that Walter is a wonderful person with astonishing drive and incredible greenhouses, so I was prepared... sort of." Read more
