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Image caption: A medley of summer fruit fills this galette, which definitely is easier than pie.

Featured: Fold flavorful summer fruits into a galette

New! Use a fresh-picked favorite or mix it up

Sat, Jul 12, 2025

Dig In: Garden checklist for week of July 13

Heat arrives along with the State Fair, but cooldown is expected soon

Fri, Jul 11, 2025

Learn how to keep roses happy in summer

Yolo County gardeners offer hands-on rose workshop

Thu, Jul 10, 2025

Start fall gardening prep with this workshop

Placer master gardeners host free event Saturday

Wed, Jul 09, 2025

‘All About Berries’ goes from garden to kitchen

Master gardeners, food preservers team up for free workshop

Tue, Jul 08, 2025

FIMBY: Tear out that sad plant or baby it? Midsummer decisions

July is a good time for the gardener to assess plants’ continuing health

Mon, Jul 07, 2025

California State Fair opens Friday

Annual run at Cal Expo has shorter hours, but more food-focused fun.

Sat, Jul 05, 2025

Dig In: Garden checklist for week of July 6

Make most of cooler temperatures; heat is coming soon

Fri, Jul 04, 2025

Do you have ripe tomatoes on the Fourth of July?

What could be wrong (or right) with this year's tomato crop

Thu, Jul 03, 2025

Save the date: Aug. 2 is Harvest Day

Sacramento County master gardeners present their annual celebration

Wed, Jul 02, 2025

El Dorado County master gardeners host July Open Gardens

Sherwood Demonstration Garden in Placerville will be very busy with weekly events

Tue, Jul 01, 2025

FIMBY: How to grow summer salad greens

Chard and heat-tolerant lettuce varieties offer crisp leaves during July and August

Mon, Jun 30, 2025

Sacramento community gardens host free soil workshops

Learn how to improve soil, get questions answered during 'Let's Talk Dirt'

Sun, Jun 29, 2025

Transform a disappointing melon

New! Roast a not-ripe cantaloupe to sweetness

Sat, Jun 28, 2025

Dig In: Garden checklist for week of June 29

June ends on warm note, but July Fourth won’t be sizzling

Fri, Jun 27, 2025

The Secret Garden hosts inspirational crafting party

With a 'Midsummer Night's Dream' theme, evening event focuses on self-care, creativity and fun

Thu, Jun 26, 2025

Placer County Fair showcases agriculture, artisans and more

Celebrating summer, from prize-winning produce to thrilling carnival rides

Wed, Jun 25, 2025

Exotic Plants hosts Vendor Village and Makers Market

Find wide selection of garden art, ceramics and more along with lots of tropical plants and succulents

Tue, Jun 24, 2025

FIMBY: Weird stuff that's perfectly normal

Don't panic when these things show up in the garden

Mon, Jun 23, 2025

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'Women in Digital Media' share how they turned passion into profits

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Garden Checklist for week of June 29

We're into our typical summer weather pattern now. Get chores, especially watering, done early in the morning while it's cool.

* It’s not too late to add a splash of color. Plant petunias, snapdragons, zinnias and marigolds.

* From seed, plant corn, pumpkins, radishes, winter squash and sunflowers. Plant Halloween pumpkins now.

* Keep your vegetable garden watered, mulched and weeded. Water before 8 a.m. to reduce the chance of fungal infection and to conserve moisture.

* Water, then fertilize vegetables and blooming annuals, perennials and shrubs to give them a boost. Feeding flowering plants every other week will extend their bloom.

* Don’t let tomato plants wilt or dry out completely. Give tomatoes a deep watering two to three times a week.

* Harvest vegetables promptly to encourage plants to produce more. Squash especially tends to grow rapidly in hot weather. Keep an eye on zucchini.

* Pinch back chrysanthemums for bushy plants and more flowers in September.

* Harvest tomatoes, squash, peppers and eggplant. Prompt picking will help keep plants producing.

* Remove spent flowers from roses, daylilies and other bloomers as they finish flowering.

* Pinch off blooms from basil so the plant will grow more leaves.

* Cut back lavender after flowering to promote a second bloom.

* Give vegetable plants bone meal or other fertilizers high in phosphate to stimulate more blooms and fruiting.

Taste Summer! E-cookbook

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Taste Fall! E-cookbook

Muffins and pumpkin

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Taste Winter! E-cookbook

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