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Need spring inspiration? It's show time!


Landscaping, gardening, patio ideas and more will be on display at the show this weekend. (Photo courtesy Original Sacramento Home & Garden Show)

Original Sacramento Home and Garden Show returns to Cal Expo


Looking for garden inspiration? Got home projects to tackle? Want to comparison job among several vendors?

This week, the 39th annual Original Sacramento Home and Garden Show rolls out the latest trends and products in one giant marketplace at Cal Expo.

Friday through Sunday, March 6 through 8, find hundreds of vendors and exhibits showcasing everything from air conditioning to window replacements. A big emphasis will be on “green” products that are kind to the planet – and can save money, energy and water, too.

“You’ll see the newest in landscaping, gardening, patios, fencing, decks, heating and air, solar, insulation, remodeling, new construction, plumbing, kitchens, baths, closets, home furnishings, appliances, lighting, roofing, painting, gutters, home security, windows, doors, siding, tile, stone, granite, BBQs, pools, spas and more,” say the show organizers.

A list of vendors and locations will be available on the show’s website.

Also online find discount tickets ($5.25), available through Thursday.

At the gate, general admission is $7. Friday is Senior Fun Day with admission $3 for those age 62 and older. All three days, children age 12 and younger are admitted free with an adult. Parking is $10. Only certified assistance animals allowed.

Show hours are noon to 6 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday. Details:
www.sachomeandgardenshow.com .

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For week of Sept. 24:

This week our weather will be just right for fall gardening. What are you waiting for?

* Now is the time to plant for fall. The warm soil will get these veggies off to a fast start.

* Keep harvesting tomatoes, peppers, squash, melons and eggplant. Tomatoes may ripen faster off the vine and sitting on the kitchen counter.

* Compost annuals and vegetable crops that have finished producing.

* Cultivate and add compost to the soil to replenish its nutrients for fall and winter vegetables and flowers.

* Fertilize deciduous fruit trees.

* Plant onions, lettuce, peas, radishes, turnips, beets, carrots, bok choy, spinach and potatoes directly into the vegetable beds.

* Transplant cabbage, broccoli, kale, Brussels sprouts and cauliflower as well as lettuce seedlings.

* Sow seeds of California poppies, clarkia and African daisies.

* Transplant cool-weather annuals such as pansies, violas, fairy primroses, calendulas, stocks and snapdragons.

* Divide and replant bulbs, rhizomes and perennials. That includes bearded iris; if they haven’t bloomed in three years, it’s time to dig them up and divide their rhizomes.

* Dig up and divide daylilies as they complete their bloom cycle.

* Divide and transplant peonies that have become overcrowded. Replant with “eyes” about an inch below the soil surface.

* Late September is ideal for sowing a new lawn or re-seeding bare spots.

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