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Thu, Oct 13, 2022

Help keep your home cooler; grow your own shade

Shade from trees can make the difference during stifling summer heat

Wed, Oct 12, 2022

Let nature help you de-stress during Therapy Walk

Take a slow journey through an area populated by natural life

Tue, Oct 11, 2022

Green Acres in Folsom hosts huge rose show Saturday

Find a favorite new rose among the hundreds on display

Mon, Oct 10, 2022

Sacramento master gardeners host year’s final Open Garden Day

Bring garden questions, plant problems or mystery pests

Mon, Oct 03, 2022

Garlic has garden benefits beyond its culinary use

Plant garlic now and reap benefits beyond culinary use

Sun, Oct 02, 2022

Flip for a spiced pear cake this fall

Upside-down treat is perfect for brunch or dessert

Sat, Oct 01, 2022

Dig In: Garden checklist for week of Oct. 2

Make the most of this opportunity for fall planting

Fri, Sep 30, 2022

Go native to support wildlife and save water, too

Growing native plants in gardens helps make up for habitat loss

Thu, Sep 29, 2022

‘Fall Into Gardening’ with El Dorado County master gardeners

Learn composting, take a garden tour or find garden inspiration this weekend

Wed, Sep 28, 2022

Shepard Garden and Arts Center hosts all-club fall sale

Items for sale will range from plants and pots to vintage items and books.

Tue, Sep 27, 2022

UC Davis Arboretum hosts first of three fall plant sales

Find hundreds of easy-care and water-wise selections.

Mon, Sep 26, 2022

Get your 2023 Master Gardener Calendar now

Placer County Master Gardeners present 'Garden Trends' and lots of seasonal advice.

Sun, Sep 25, 2022

Easy tomato soup tastes like the Big Tomato

Fresh tomato soup uses only five ingredients

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Taste Fall! E-cookbook

Muffins and pumpkin

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Garden Checklist for week of Sept. 22

Why plant now? Plants like it: Warm soil is great for planting and rapid root development.

* Keep harvesting tomatoes, peppers, squash, melons and eggplant. Some tomatoes and peppers may stretch their harvest into October or November.

* Compost annuals and vegetable crops that have finished producing. If you see no new fruit on your tomatoes, pull them out.

* 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.

Taste Spring! E-cookbook

Strawberries

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Taste Summer! E-cookbook

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Taste Winter! E-cookbook

Lemon coconut pancakes

Find our winter recipes here!