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Article: PREPARING FOR PLANTING IN FALL.(L.A. Life)
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- Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
- Article date:
- October 7, 2000
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Byline: Joshua Siskin
Walking under a carob tree the other evening, I smelled a strong scent of chlorine bleach. This unusual fragrance is emitted by carob flowers when the nights turn cool.
In the Valley, when fall-flowering carob trees begin to waft their unique perfume, it is a signal that the worst of the year's heat is over and that fall planting may begin in earnest.
When you smell the bleachy carob flower fragrance, you should start to think about your fall garden - your fall vegetable garden in particular.
You can harvest vegetables throughout the fall and winter if you plant now. The easiest vegetables to start are radishes, ...