Look for new SDG signs with recipe links at all seven nurseries
Kevin Jordan and Debbie Arrington check out some of the plants in the vegetable section of Green Acres Nursery & Supply. Courtesy of Green Acres Nursery & Supply
When it comes to gardening and food, we here at Sacramento Digs Gardening can talk all day. Fortunately for listeners of “Green Acres Garden Podcast,” one lengthy conversation was edited down to 31 minutes.
Hear for yourself – and get inspired to grow more edible plants in your garden. For the new podcast released today (April 19), Sacramento Digs Gardening co-creator Debbie Arrington joins host Kevin Jordan to discuss “Spring Recipes from the Garden.”
Listen to it here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1610311/14915308-spring-recipes-from-the-garden
Sponsored by Green Acres Nursery & Supply, the podcast highlights recipes from SDG’s popular e-cookbooks, “Taste Spring” and “Taste Summer,” which are available free online. Find them and more SDG recipes here: https://sacdigsgardening.californialocal.com/articles/recipe/.
Jordan ranks among the state’s top garden educators. A science and horticulture teacher at Leo A. Palmiter Junior and Senior High School in Arden-Arcade, Jordan was presented the 2023 Outstanding Educator Award by the California Foundation for Agriculture in the Classroom. He also was the 2023 Teacher of the Year by the Sacramento County Office of Education.
Jordan appreciates the link between food gardening and better nutrition – as well as fostering a love of healthy eating. Together, Jordan and Arrington chatted about some of the don’t-miss recipes in the e-cookbooks such as strawberry-spinach salad and apricots baked in almond cream.
In addition, the pair announced a new way gardeners can find out what to do with their future crop at the point of plant purchase. Starting this week, Green Acres will post signs next to its vegetable and herb tables with a QR code linking directly to Sacramento Digs Gardening’s recipes and e-cookbooks.
Look for the signs at all seven Green Acres locations in Sacramento, Auburn, Citrus Heights, Elk Grove, Folsom, Rocklin and Roseville.
Details and directions: https://idiggreenacres.com/.
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Garden Checklist for week of April 21
This week there’s plenty to keep gardeners busy. With no rain in the immediate forecast, remember to irrigate any new transplants.
* Weed, weed, weed! Get them before they flower and go to seed.
* April is the last chance to plant citrus trees such as dwarf orange, lemon and kumquat. These trees also look good in landscaping and provide fresh fruit in winter.
* Smell orange blossoms? Feed citrus trees with a low dose of balanced fertilizer (such as 10-10-10) during bloom to help set fruit. Keep an eye out for ants.
* Apply slow-release fertilizer to the lawn.
* Thoroughly clean debris from the bottom of outdoor ponds or fountains.
* Spring brings a flush of rapid growth, and that means your garden is really hungry. Feed shrubs and trees with a slow-release fertilizer. Or mulch with a 1-inch layer of compost.
* Azaleas and camellias looking a little yellow? If leaves are turning yellow between the veins, give them a boost with chelated iron.
* Trim dead flowers but not leaves from spring-flowering bulbs such as daffodils and tulips. Those leaves gather energy to create next year's flowers. Also, give the bulbs a fertilizer boost after bloom.
* Pinch chrysanthemums back to 12 inches for fall flowers. Cut old stems to the ground.
* Mulch around plants to conserve moisture and control weeds.
* From seed, plant beans, beets, cantaloupes, carrots, corn, cucumbers, melons, radishes and squash.
* Plant onion sets.
* In the flower garden, plant seeds for asters, cosmos, celosia, marigolds, salvia, sunflowers and zinnias.
* Transplant petunias, zinnias, geraniums and other summer bloomers.
* Plant perennials and dahlia tubers for summer bloom.
* Mid to late April is about the last chance to plant summer bulbs, such as gladiolus and tuberous begonias.
* Transplant lettuce seedlings. Choose varieties that mature quickly such as loose leaf.
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