5 garden tips for this week, Dec. 1-7

1. Naval strategy
Wait a bit longer before harvesting those now-orange naval oranges and tangerines. Otherwise, they may be sour or bitter enough to curl your eyebrows. Robertson naval oranges will be sweeter in a couple of weeks; Washington naval oranges usually sweeten around Christmas and continue getting sweeter in January and February. Most home-grown tangerines taste best if you can wait until February to start the harvest. So for now, look – and maybe drool a bit – but don&rsq