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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

Sun, Jun 22, 2025

Combo compote: Enjoy summer fruit favorites without turning on the oven

New! Easy apricot-cherry compote cooks on top of the stove

Sat, Jun 21, 2025

Dig In: Garden checklist for week of June 22

Watch out for wind – and fire danger – during blustery first week of summer

Fri, Jun 20, 2025

California Honey Festival set for Yolo Fairgrounds

Learn about bees while enjoying many tastes of honey

Thu, Jun 19, 2025

Welcome summer at master gardeners' Open Garden Day

Expect mild morning weather Saturday at Fair Oaks Horticulture Center

Wed, Jun 18, 2025

Discover fascinating world of bug-eating plants

Sacramento Bromeliad and Carnivorous Plant Society hosts 55th annual show and sale

Tue, Jun 17, 2025

FIMBY: Help pollinators help your garden

Tips on how to attract more bees, butterflies, birds and other pollinators

Mon, Jun 16, 2025

Daylily Days return to Amador Flower Farm

Enjoy more than a million flowers in bloom in heart of Amador wine country

Sat, Jun 14, 2025

Dig In: Garden checklist for week of June 15

Spring ends with warm days and a potential heat spike

Fri, Jun 13, 2025

Sacramento Tree Foundation hosts Midtown Tree Tour

Free guided tour explores shady streets in historic neighborhood

Thu, Jun 12, 2025

Learn summer tree care in two Saturday events

Free workshops in Roseville, Del Paso Heights

Tue, Jun 10, 2025

FIMBY: Battling early-season tomato pests

Awareness and perseverance will keep plants, fruit in good shape

Mon, Jun 09, 2025

Art Elephant Sale, Indigo Dye Day return to Shepard Center

Sacramento Collective for the Textile Arts hosts fun combination event

Sun, Jun 08, 2025

Cheery way to start the day: Pancakes packed with cherries

New! Cherry buttermilk pancakes made with fresh sweet fruit

Sat, Jun 07, 2025

Dig In: Garden checklist for week of June 8

Expect rapid growth with warm summer-like weather

Fri, Jun 06, 2025

Folsom's Murer House hosts Lavender Day

Come learn (and taste) all things lavender in this free event

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Garden checklist for week of July 13

Put off big chores and planting until later in the week when the weather is cooler. In the meantime, remember to stay hydrated – advice for both you and your garden.

* 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.

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

* Add some summer color. Plant petunias, snapdragons, zinnias and marigolds.

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

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

* 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.

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