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Entries for January, 2010

Sweet Lemon Limettas – Learn How to Grow Them

If growing citrus trees is a passion near and dear to your heart, you can’t leave the curiously different and useful limetta out of your collection. With its very irregular branch shape and silvery brown bark, it provides a lot of diversity as a houseplant or in a garden. New leaves and flowers [...]

Citrus Diseases and Pests – What to Worry About

One of the most common problems that citrus growers face is citrus diseases and pests. Though most pests when in small numbers do little damage to citrus trees, they can multiply quickly and cause serious concern for both professional growers and leisurely gardeners. Many citrus diseases can be eliminated by ridding the growing area of [...]

Relax and Refresh with Grapefruit Aromatherapy

There’s nothing quite like a tart and juicy grapefruit first thing in the morning as Each segment fills your mouth with bursts of flavor and wakes up your taste buds!

Which Citrus Juice Press is Right for You?

From a simple hand held device to great big commercial machines, the citrus juice press is showing up in stores everywhere. Everyone knows the benefits of fresh squeezed juice and these gadgets make it as easy as opening a carton from the store.

What every garden should have in their Citrus health kits!

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Citron Citrus Tree – Here Are the Facts!

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5 Benefits of Grapefruit Extract

Staying healthy is an ongoing challenge for people of all ages and lifestyles. One of the best things we can do to stay healthy is to try and maintain a strong immune system.

Grapefruit Weight Loss – Does It Really Work?

Though there are many fad diets which are popular today, one of the most common is definitely the grapefruit weight loss diet. If you are growing your own citrus fruit, and have included grapefruit in your seasonal harvest, and then chances are you have heard of this seemingly far fetched dietary myth.

Lemon zest – 7 Ways to Use Peel and Juices

Growing your own citrus trees can come in handy. And not just for the convenience of having a few slices for lemon for cocktail and muffin recipes. Citrus fruit has many wonderful and unusual uses which can save you both time and money.

Two Chocolate Orange Treats You Just Can’t Resist!

There is something so irresistible about the combination of creamy chocolate and tangy orange that makes you want to try it in every possible combination. Besides a number of commercially prepared confections, there are numerous recipes to make at home using your own fresh grown citrus crop. One of the best things about growing [...]