Daily Archives: September 25, 2021


Quaff Some Bay of Plenty Hazy IPA and Support Local Non Profits

Almanac Beer Co. is now brewing the fresh new Bay of Plenty Hazy IPA in support of Alameda Backyard Growers, together with Alameda Food Bank and Alameda Point Collaborative, all nonprofits that nourish our community through education, sharing, and volunteering. This beer is dry-hopped exclusively with Moutere, creating an intensely […]

Bay of Plenty Hazy IPA at Almanac

Suggested fruit tree books

7 Go To Books About Fruit Trees

by Marla Koss, ABG Board member If the best part about having a fruit tree in your yard is enjoying the fruit itself, then the satisfaction of watching it thrive year after year has got to be a close second. Whether you have just one — or a half-dozen — […]


The Time to Plant Onions is NOW!

by Birgitt Evans, Master Gardener and ABG Board Member Last year I took a class from Master Gardener Guy Duran and finally perfected my onion growing technique. This year I grew big, fat onions, some weighing in at 15 ounces! Onions are biennial, producing bulbs in their first year to […]

Growing onions

CA native snowberry

Planting Natives

by Linda Carloni, Master Gardener and ABG Board Member Plants that are native to California are becoming more and more popular, both as part of an established garden or as a replacement for a lawn. There are lots of good reasons for the increasing interest in native plants. Why Plant […]