What’s going on in your garden (2026)?

[SoCalZone10]

Pomegranets, you are so lucky. Really healthy and so pricy here I just keep walking.

I removed my tree, after 2-3 years, nothing. I put in a guava tree instead.

 

[Barriehie]

I removed my tree, after 2-3 years, nothing. I put in a guava tree instead.

I can get the juice at Wally World...

 

[SoCalZone10]

I can get the juice at Wally World...

I buy them and eat them 4 times a year here, they are not expensive here. Large Persian population here. But I don’t like removing of the seed process, too time consuming.

 

[karadekoolaid]

Guavas are available in every supermarket and farmer's market here. Love them when they're perfectly ripe. Getting the seeds out is a bit of a pain, I suppose, but a spoon usually does the trick.

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

Pomegranets, you are so lucky. Really healthy and so pricy here I just keep walking.

my "bush" is still a sapling. i suspect before long the branches will be on the ground. But they gow readingly around here and most people let them go to the birds!

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

But I don’t like removing of the seed process, too time consuming.

it is not that time-consuming at all, in my opinion. there are ways and means to do it - some are best done with an apron on though! I have it down to about 5 minutes to get all the seeds out of a large pomegranet here - but I do love them

 

[badjak]

it is not that time-consuming at all, in my opinion. there are ways and means to do it - some are best done with an apron on though! I have it down to about 5 minutes to get all the seeds out of a large pomegranet here - but I do love them

Pls tell me more.
My pomegranate is producing, and I don't like eating them as they are and getting the juice out is a pain (I haven't got a juicer)

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

Pls tell me more.
My pomegranate is producing, and I don't like eating them as they are and getting the juice out is a pain (I haven't got a juicer)

It's hard to explain, but there is a section at the top that's separate to the rest, I score the skin around that and twist it off, over a bowl. I treat it like an orange at this stage, not wanting to cut into the flesh.

Usually the bowl is for the skin, membrane and pith, so recover any escapees...

Then depending on how I'm feeling (aka happy to get sticky and dirty, or wanting to keep my clothes a little cleaner), I score through the skin following one of the obvious membranes running vertically down. Peel the skin back, to expose the seeds, peel repeat, and find the next section, and score again. I gently remove this section carefully. Aim to get each segment out whole.
The first segment is the hardest one to get out.

Set it aside. Repeat scoring the skin and peeling or peeling and scoring until you've got all the segments out, and the top still with its skin.

Then clean each segment removing any remaining membranes. Now PUT THE KNIFE DOWN.

Over another bowl...From here it is the side of your thumb, similar to breaking corn off a cob, into a bowl. You kind of rub the seed off the pith. You'll be left holding there pith. Repeat with each segment. As with corn if you use a knife, you'll damage the skin and rupture the contents being very sticky in the process.

The hardest segment is that bit that's actually the bottom of the Pomegranate but is always put at the top by shops. Peel what you can of the skin off and try to process in a similar manner to before rubbing the seeds off.

If I'm in a rush and not too fussed about getting juice everywhere, I'll top it, and then cut it in half, the score the skin and peel off... but that's not my preferred way.

I think it is one of those things that is probably easier to watch than describe.

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

I suppose that here is probably the best place for my mushrooms.

Yesterday they were tiny... today they were monsters.

We had 2 mushrooms for tea!
King oyster mushrooms before you ask.

 

[SoCalZone10]

Here is what I found after a week away.

One large Washington Navel orange was stolen, on the ground, rotting, I will move this tree soon.
So I harvested the rest.

One early nectarine tree is flowering, it’s way too early but I’m supposed to pick this around May.

My roses that were cut down in the front back in late fall are now leafing out, it looks like I might get red roses for Valentine’s day, yay

One of my favorite white roses, I had 4 , was going to do a hedge but I only have 2-3 now.

Last picture is Victorian Bride, it’s famous for being a florist rose. I was not impressed by this rose and my purchase experience last year, I almost was going to remove it in the Fall, I thought it might have Crown Gall. But laziness kept butting in, so it stayed.

 

[Morning Glory]

Last picture is Victorian Bride, it’s famous for being a florist rose. I was not impressed by this rose and my purchase experience last year, I almost was going to remove it in the Fall, I thought it might have Crown Gall. But laziness kept butting in, so it stayed.

What was wrong? It looks gorgeous.

 

[SoCalZone10]

What was wrong? It looks gorgeous.

People said this vendor sent them roses with crown gall, it could infect other roses. And I didn’t trust this vendor at all, I had to call Paypal, Better Business Bureau, my credit card company, etc.. eventually my money was refunded because I was proactive.

 

[SoCalZone10]

I had my first guava from this tiny tree that I bought last year, the nursery owner said it’s difficult to grow, yali da.
But here it is, very sweet, seedless, good for older people with softer flesh. This guava can get very big. I did thin it this year from 8-9 to 6 most.

 

[SoCalZone10]

Today I got lucky, I asked my neighbor’s gardener to see if he can remove my mulberry tree in this alley, he did for a very reasonable price.
Now this area, I can put in a Cherimoya, I want big fruit, much easier to harvest then a lot of little mulberries.

 

[SoCalZone10]

Spring is starting here, my daffodils are coming up, same with the hyacinths. I will take some pictures tomorrow.