Are there more acorns than usual in your yard or driveway? Are you asking, “Why are there so many acorns this year?” This periodic production of many seeds is called a mast year. It is part of a satiation strategy that many trees use to ensure that there are times when more of their seeds are likely to sprout and grow a new generation of plants. You can read more about this here. 

On The Garden Lady on October 10th I welcomes Byron Martin. He and Laurelynn Martin are the co-owners of Logee’s Plants for Home and Garden Rare, Tropical and Fruiting Plants, and the authors of Edible Houseplants.

Calamansi (Citrus x microcarpa), also known as calamondin, is one of the commonly grown indoor citrus plants. It’s often called a calamondin orange, because the fruits are, well, orange…but it is not a miniature orange tree. The fruits are good with meat dishes such as turkey and duck, thinly sliced in salads, or squeezed into beverages and cocktails.