Soil Born Farms hosts hands-on workshop
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Lacy phacelia (
Phacelia tanacetifolia
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California native plants that workshop attendees can
learn about at Soil Born Farms. (Photo: Kathy Morrison)
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Want to go native? Get a quick course for success during a workshop hosted by Soil Born Farms.
Set for 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 22, this informative workshop will cover a lot of ground, including a tour of the Elderberry Farms Native Plant Demonstration Garden located at Soil Born Farms’ American River Ranch.
“Native plants are drought-tolerant, low-maintenance, beautiful and attract wildlife,” say the organizers. “Get a hands-on introduction to planting, growing and planning your garden with native plants. There’s nothing easier to grow than the natives, but it takes just a bit more observation and knowledge to get them to thrive.”
Native plant specialist Mark Shaffer, of Happy Grow Lucky Landscaping and the California Native Plant Society, will teach the basics as well as offer many tips for success. Elderberry Farms’ native plant nursery is also located at Soil Born Farms.
Advance registration is required. Course fee is $30.
Soil Born’s American River Ranch is located at 2140 Chase Drive, Rancho Cordova.
To register: https://soilborn.org/events/gardening-native-plants-1-22-22/
Details and directions: www.soilborn.org .
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Bundle up and get work done!
* Prune, prune, prune. Now is the time to cut back most deciduous trees and shrubs. The exceptions are spring-flowering shrubs such as lilacs.
* Now is the time to prune fruit trees, except apricot and cherry trees. Clean up leaves and debris around the trees to prevent the spread of disease.
* Prune roses, even if they’re still trying to bloom or sprouting new growth. Strip off any remaining leaves, so the bush will be able to put out new growth in early spring.
* Prune Christmas camellias (Camellia sasanqua), the early-flowering varieties, after their bloom. They don’t need much, but selective pruning can promote bushiness, upright growth and more bloom next winter. Feed with an acid-type fertilizer. But don’t feed your Japonica camellias until after they finish blooming next month. Feeding while camellias are in bloom may cause them to drop unopened buds.
* Clean up leaves and debris around your newly pruned roses and shrubs. Put down fresh mulch or bark to keep roots cozy.
* Apply horticultural oil to fruit trees to control scale, mites and aphids. Oils need 24 hours of dry weather after application to be effective.
* This is also the time to spray a copper-based oil to peach and nectarine trees to fight leaf curl. Avoid spraying on windy days.
* Divide daylilies, Shasta daisies and other perennials.
* Cut back and divide chrysanthemums.
* Plant bare-root roses, trees and shrubs.
* Transplant pansies, violas, calendulas, English daisies, snapdragons and fairy primroses.
* In the vegetable garden, plant fava beans, head lettuce, mustard, onion sets, radicchio and radishes.
* Plant bare-root asparagus and root divisions of rhubarb.
* In the bulb department, plant callas, anemones, ranunculus and gladiolus for bloom from late spring into summer.
* Plant blooming azaleas, camellias and rhododendrons. If you’re shopping for these beautiful landscape plants, you can now find them in full flower at local nurseries.
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