Placer, El Dorado master gardeners also welcome visitors to their sites
This view of the Fair Oaks Horticulture Center shows the pond, the berry garden and part of the orchard. Visit between 9 a.m. and noon Saturday. Kathy Morrison
No rain is expected this Saturday, May 11, which means it should be a perfect time to stroll any of the region's three master gardener demonstration gardens.
The Sacramento County master gardeners open their demonstration garden, the Fair Oaks Horticulture Center, about once a month for Open Garden Day. Visitors can walk through the gardens, ask questions and find inspiration in the plantings. Hours are 9 a.m. to noon; admission and parking are free.
Three mini talks are scheduled during the morning:
-- 10 a.m., "Peach Leaf Curl: Let's Get It Straight."
-- 10:30 a.m., Soil solarization.
-- 11 a.m., Harvesting worm castings.
The FOHC includes a berry garden, an orchard, an herb garden, vegetable garden, a vineyard, a composting area and the Water Efficient Landscape, which includes plantings devoted to native plants, wildlife habitat plants, perennials and succulents.
May is an active time in the gardens, and master gardeners will be on site, happy to explain their work or answer any gardening questions that visitors might have.
The "Ask a Master Gardener" table also will be staffed with folks who enjoy a good gardening challenge. Bring samples of pests or problem plants (preferably in a closed bag) to the table.
The Fair Oaks Horticulture Center is located at 11549 Fair Oaks Blvd., south of the Fair Oaks Library and park. For more information on Sacramento County master gardener events, visit https://sacmg.ucanr.edu/
The El Dorado County master gardeners undoubtably will be glad for some sunshine while working at their Sherwood Demonstration Garden on Saturday. The garden, located at 6699 Campus Drive, Placerville, is open 9 a.m. to noon. Sherwood features 16 individual garden areas, including a rose garden, native plant area and vegetable garden.
For information on the El Dorado group's events, go to https://mgeldorado.ucanr.edu/
Further north, the Placer County master gardeners will hold their monthly Open Loomis Demonstration Garden Day, on the grounds of the Loomis Library, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. The library is at 6050 Library Drive, Loomis.
"Our garden is a living classroom for the Placer County community that emphasizes sustainable gardening, integrated pest management and backyard food production," they note. The master gardeners are happy to field questions from visitors.
This weekend, incidentally, is a busy one for the Placer master gardener group. Sunday, May 12, is their annual Mother's Day Garden Tour. Tickets for the tour of seven fabulous gardens in Rocklin area are $20 each, with children under 12 admitted free.
Tickets with maps will be available through the day of the tour (cash or check only) at: Green Acres Nursery at Eisley’s: 380 Nevada St., Auburn; Green Acres Nursery & Supply: 5436 Crossings Drive, Rocklin, and
Green Acres Nursery & Supply: 7300 Galilee Road, Roseville.
For more information on Placer County master gardener events, visit https://pcmg.ucanr.edu/
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Garden Checklist for week of Sept. 15
Make the most of the cool break this week – and get things done. Your garden needs you!
* Now is the time to plant for fall. The warm soil will get cool-season veggies off to a fast start.
* Keep harvesting tomatoes, peppers, squash, melons and eggplant.
* 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.
* 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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