New Roseville nursery will host pets to meet and greet (and take home)
Rescue is Archie's favorite breed. A former shelter dog, he already has his "fur-ever" home, but there will be other dogs available at the new Roseville Green Acres site this Saturday from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. Kathy Morrison
Looking for a new best friend? You may be able to find the perfect fur baby at this special event, hosted by Green Acres Nursery & Supply.
On Saturday morning, Dec. 10, Green Acres will offer “Dog Days Adoptions” from 9 to 11 a.m. at its new Roseville location, 7300 Galilee Road, Roseville.
“Stop by, connect with local animal shelters, and adopt a loving friend,” say the organizers. “Green Acres Nursery & Supply will donate $100 toward adoption fees on the day of the event. The event is free and open to the public.”
Besides finding the pup of your dreams, it’s a great opportunity to check out the new nursery, which is in the midst of a “soft” opening. Green Acres offers a huge selection of holiday plants and trees – including some living Christmas evergreens that can be replanted in your landscape.
For more information on adoption packages and other details, please visit www.idiggreenacres.com.
-- Debbie Arrington
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Once the winds die down, it’s good winter gardening weather with plenty to do:
* Prune, prune, prune. Now is the time to cut back most deciduous trees and shrubs. The exceptions are spring-flowering shrubs such as lilacs.
* Now is the time to prune fruit trees. (The exceptions are apricot and cherry trees, which are susceptible to a fungus that causes dieback. Save them until summer.) Clean up leaves and debris around the trees to prevent the spread of disease.
* Prune roses, even if they’re still trying to bloom. Strip off any remaining leaves, so the bush will be able to put out new growth in early spring.
* Clean up leaves and debris around your newly pruned roses and shrubs. Put down fresh mulch or bark to keep roots cozy.
* After the wind stops, apply horticultural oil to fruit trees to control scale, mites and aphids. Oils need 24 hours of dry weather after application to be effective.
* This is also the time to spray a copper-based fungicide to peach and nectarine trees to fight leaf curl. (The safest effective fungicides available for backyard trees are copper soap -- aka copper octanoate -- or copper ammonium, a fixed copper fungicide. Apply either of these copper products with 1% horticultural oil to increase effectiveness.)
* When forced bulbs sprout, move them to a cool, bright window. Give them a quarter turn each day so the stems will grow straight.
* Browse through seed catalogs and start making plans for spring and summer.
* Divide daylilies, Shasta daisies and other perennials.
* Cut back and divide chrysanthemums.
* Plant bare-root roses, trees and shrubs.
* Transplant pansies, violas, calendulas, English daisies, snapdragons and fairy primroses.
* In the vegetable garden, plant fava beans, head lettuce, mustard, onion sets, radicchio and radishes.
* Plant bare-root asparagus and root divisions of rhubarb.
* In the bulb department, plant callas, anemones, ranunculus and gladioli for bloom from late spring into summer.
* Plant blooming azaleas, camellias and rhododendrons. If you’re shopping for these beautiful landscape plants, you can now find them in full flower at local nurseries.
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