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Walk with Warren still set for Wednesday


Warren Roberts is superintendent emeritus of the UC Davis Arboretum. A stroll with him is priceless -- and free. (Photo courtesy UC Davis Arboretum)

Smoke hasn't canceled -- yet -- this popular free event at UC Davis Arboretum

Fall in the arboretum is not to be missed, especially when accompanied by a pun-loving plantsman.

While other events have been canceled due to smoky conditions, this beloved tradition will go on -- at least tentatively.

Warren Roberts, superintendent emeritus for the UC Davis Arboretum, plans to lead his popular Walk with Warren at noon Wednesday, Nov. 14. Current air quality forecasts call for Wednesday conditions to be better than Monday or Tuesday, although still unhealthful for strenuous exercise.

This free event will be a story-filled stroll -- not jog -- through the arboretum's gardens and an opportunity to chat with Roberts, one of our area's most knowledgeable plant authorities. Filled with botany-based puns, he's also very engaging and makes any visit to the arboretum memorable.

His November walk focuses on the changing season including the arboretum's many colorful trees, finally displaying their fall foliage.

Meet at the Arboretum Gazebo on the UC Davis campus. Parking ($9 for a daily pass) is available on Garrod Drive or in Visitor Lot 55.

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Garden Checklist for week of May 11

Make the most of the lower temperatures early in the week. We’ll be back in the 80s by Thursday.

* Plant, plant, plant! It’s prime planting season in the Sacramento area. Time to set out those tomato transplants along with peppers and eggplants. Pinch off any flowers on new transplants to make them concentrate on establishing roots instead of setting premature fruit.

* Direct-seed melons, cucumbers, summer squash, corn, radishes, pumpkins and annual herbs such as basil.

* Harvest cabbage, lettuce, peas and green onions.

* In the flower garden, direct-seed sunflowers, cosmos, salvia, zinnias, marigolds, celosia and asters. (You also can transplant seedlings for many of the same flowers.)

* Plant dahlia tubers.

* Transplant petunias, marigolds and perennial flowers such as astilbe, columbine, coneflowers, coreopsis, dahlias, rudbeckia and verbena.

* Keep an eye out for slugs, snails, earwigs and aphids that want to dine on tender new growth.

* Feed summer bloomers with a balanced fertilizer.

* For continued bloom, cut off spent flowers on roses as well as other flowering plants.

* Add mulch to the garden to maintain moisture. Mulch also cuts down on weeds. But don’t let it mound around the stems or trunks of trees or shrubs. Leave about a 6-inch-to-1-foot circle to avoid crown rot or other problems.

* Remember to weed! Pull those nasties before they set seed.

* Water early in the day and keep seedlings evenly moist.

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