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Sun, Jun 23, 2024

Cobble together plums and cherries for a summer treat

New! Easy fruit creation's worth a little oven time

Sat, Jun 22, 2024

Dig In: Garden checklist for week of June 23

Some like it hot; you’ll find out in your garden this week

Fri, Jun 21, 2024

What’s wrong with my tomatoes? Probably the heat

Triple-digit temperatures can affect pollination, tomato development

Thu, Jun 20, 2024

Happy first day of summer! Here's a bucket list for the next 3 months

Ideas for gardeners to revel in the long days and cool nights

Wed, Jun 19, 2024

Green Acres hosts summer pot-up workshop

Make a container garden to celebrate July Fourth

Tue, Jun 18, 2024

Learn about Ikebana at 65th annual Sacramento show, sale

Shepard Center showcases art of Japanese flower arranging

Mon, Jun 17, 2024

Love flowers? See 1 million daylilies in bloom (and it's free)

Amador Flower Farm hosts annual Daylily Days with tram tours and barbecue

Sat, Jun 15, 2024

Dig In: Garden checklist for week of June 16

Red Flag Warning signals dry conditions, high fire danger

Fri, Jun 14, 2024

‘What's the Buzz about Pollinators?’ Find out at free workshop

Placer County master gardeners show how to attract more beneficial insects, birds and bats (yes, bats) to your landscape.

Thu, Jun 13, 2024

June: An ideal time to learn about and celebrate pollinators

Green Acres presents a free talk on ‘pollinator buffets’ Saturday

Wed, Jun 12, 2024

Get expert answers to garden dilemmas at Open Garden

Sacramento County master gardeners invite public to watch and learn at free event.

Tue, Jun 11, 2024

Have you seen this bad bug? Call state hotline

After successful fight against Oriental fruit fly, Sacramento County now battles Japanese beetles, which were discovered in Carmichael.

Mon, Jun 10, 2024

Learn about bug-eating plants – and take some home

Sacramento Bromeliad and Carnivorous Plant Society hosts 54th annual show and sale at Shepard Center.

Sun, Jun 09, 2024

Grilled corn the base for a delicious salad

New! Late-spring combination works for summer cookouts, too

Sat, Jun 08, 2024

Dig In: Garden checklist for week of June 9

Be ready for more triple-digit heat (but it won’t last).

Fri, Jun 07, 2024

Learn about hydrozoning at free workshops

Green Acres' irrigation experts show how to put right plants in the right place for water-wise success.

Thu, Jun 06, 2024

Add color to your low-water landscape

Placer County master gardeners offer free water-wise workshop at new Loomis Library demonstration garden.

Wed, Jun 05, 2024

Open Garden Day shifts hours for Fair Oaks evening of fun

Classic car meetup, Food Truck Mania also Thursday in Fair Oaks Park

Tue, Jun 04, 2024

Historic, rare roses offered at special sale

Preservation group propagates rose varieties found, in some cases, nowhere else

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Garden Checklist for week of Feb. 16

Take advantage of this nice weather. There’s plenty to do as your garden starts to switch into high gear for spring growth.

* This is the last chance to spray fruit trees before their buds open. 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.

* Check soil moisture before resuming irrigation. Most likely, your soil is still pretty damp.

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

* 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 cauliflower – 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.

Taste Spring! E-cookbook

Strawberries

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Taste Summer! E-cookbook

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Taste Fall! E-cookbook

Muffins and pumpkin

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