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Green Acres hosts virtual Ideas Fair

Week-long event features online workshops and inspiration

Sacramento Digs Gardening
BY Debbie Arrington PUBLISHED MAR 3, 2021

Blooming flowers in shades of purple and pink

Cutting-flower gardens are trendy! Learn about growing flowers from seed, such as stock, above, during the Thursday events of Green Acres' Dig Into Spring online celebration. (Photo courtesy Green Acres Nursery & Supply)

Get ready to be inspired! Enjoy six days of garden activities designed to make gardeners spring into action.

It’s “Dig into Spring,” the annual Ideas Fair presented by Green Acres Nursery & Supply. But instead of in-person workshops and meet-and-greet sessions, the 2021 Ideas Fair has gone virtual, with events hosted online via Facebook or Instagram. All sessions are free.

Set for Monday through Saturday, March 8-13, the Ideas Fair offers something new and refreshing each day. Some lunchtime events will stream live on Facebook or Instagram. Others can be tapped into any time after their online debut. Gift card giveaways and others will be part of the fun.

Monday spotlights one of the newest members to the Green Acres family: Eisley Nursery in Auburn. Tag along on a video tour of the Eisley Nursery, now in the transition process. Eisley’s is renowned for its vegetable seedlings, so what better place to talk about edible gardening?

During a lunchtime live event, author and blogger Toni Okamoto (of plantbasedonabudget.com ) will share how she makes the most of homegrown veggie power in delicious meal ideas. Using Green Acres’ social media pages, tune in at noon via Facebook Live or at 12:30 p.m. via Instagram Live.

Each day’s activities and presentations will be posted on Green Acres’ Facebook and Instagram pages.

Tuesday’s topic: “Healthy Gardens Start with Healthy Roots.” Learn why roots make a huge difference in plant health and productivity.

Wednesday, March 10, features another live lunchtime event with inspirational gardening teacher Kevin Jordan. He’ll answer basic gardening questions, particularly about growing summer vegetables, as well as spotlight the many benefits of gardening and being part of Sacramento's gardening community. (It’s good for you!) Tune in at noon on Facebook Live and at 12:30 p.m. on Instagram Live.

Thursday, March 11, the focus will be hot garden trends for 2021 (cut flowers!) plus a spotlight on houseplants.

Friday, March 12, outdoor designer Becky Horan will show how to make your own oasis with four tips to create a beautiful outdoor space. Saturday, March 13, learn how to plant in a Mediterranean climate – just like ours.

Via Facebook and Instagram, Green Acres will share more Ideas Fair ideas and tips each day. For the full line-up and links, go to: https://idiggreenacres.com/pages/dig-into-spring-ideas-fair-2021

For more details: https://idiggreenacres.com/ .

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Garden checklist for week of Feb. 8

Dodge those raindrops and get things done! Your garden needs you.

* Start your spring (and summer) garden. Transplant or direct-seed several flowers, including snapdragon, candytuft, lilies, astilbe, larkspur, Shasta and painted daisies, stocks, bleeding heart and coral bells.

* In the vegetable garden, plant Jerusalem artichoke tubers, and strawberry and rhubarb roots. Transplant cabbage and its close cousins – broccoli, kale and Brussels sprouts – as well as lettuce (both loose leaf and head).

* Indoors, start peppers, tomatoes and eggplant from seed.

* Plant artichokes, asparagus and horseradish from root divisions. Plant potatoes from tubers and onions from sets (small bulbs). The onions will sprout quickly and can be used as green onions in March.

* From seed, plant beets, chard, lettuce, mustard, peas, radishes and turnips.

* Annuals are showing up in nurseries, but wait until the weather warms up a bit before planting. Instead, set out flowering perennials such as columbine and delphinium.

* Plant summer-flowering bulbs including cannas, calla lilies and gladiolus.

* This is the last chance to spray fruit trees before they bloom. Treat peach and nectarine trees with copper-based fungicide. Spray apricot trees at bud swell to prevent brown rot. Apply horticultural oil to control scale, mites and aphids on fruit trees soon after a rain. But remember: Oils need at least 24 hours to dry to be effective. Don’t spray during foggy weather or when rain is forecast.

* Feed spring-blooming shrubs and fall-planted perennials with slow-release fertilizer. Feed mature trees and shrubs after spring growth starts.

* Remove aphids from blooming bulbs with a strong spray of water or insecticidal soap.

* Fertilize strawberries and asparagus.

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