Food Editor Daniel Hernandez makes the case for subtracting tomatoes and onions from guacamole recipes. L.A. Times readers share how they make the dish.

Once standing at 18 feet tall and requiring ladders for harvest – the citrus trees are now barely half that height and ...

Warm up with a hot cup of tea! It’s Carnival Week! Bring along a thermos of tea. And after coming in from wintery fun, sip ...

"Thanks everyone for the help." Distressed gardener pleads for help to revive struggling lemon tree: 'This is my first shot at citrus' first appeared on The Cool Down.

When a friend asked me why her lemon tree, despite diligent fertilization, had bright yellow leaves and was failing to thrive, I told her I would try to determine the ...

Imagine having sunny orange, bright yellow and luscious green fruit growing in your home, especially during this gray, cold time of year. While we do not associate citrus plants with ...

His sun-browned fingers move deftly as he checks the irrigation system, sweat dripping from his brow beneath the shade of his ...

With peak citrus season underway, now is the moment to explore what a pomelo is, reveling in every last bite of this special ...

Therefore, sour citrus fruits such as lemon, limes and small orange varieties like Satsuma and Calamondin are among those best suited to growing as houseplants. In their natural environments, citrus ...

This is especially significant since trees can store carbon in their wood for decades. Their leaves or roots, in contrast, decay more quickly and release their carbon back into the atmosphere.

This crepe myrtle tree has wound wood around a cut ... that is prized for its leaves’ unmatched lemon fragrance. Oreganillo is highly aromatic too and would make a wonderful addition to an ...