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Thu, Feb 09, 2023

Kitchen garden talk on Zoom this Saturday

Yolo master gardeners also offer in-person workshop

Wed, Feb 08, 2023

Workshop: Make a 'hearty' Valentine dish garden

Green Acres hosts special event Saturday at five locations

Tue, Feb 07, 2023

Learn about weaving, spinning at annual show

'Old Traditions ... New Creations' showcases fiber arts

Mon, Feb 06, 2023

Got garden questions? These experts can find answers

Sacramento master gardeners host Open Garden Day on Saturday

Sun, Feb 05, 2023

Spiced orange muffins, but not always orange

Recipe: Baking and experimenting with fresh citrus fruit

Sat, Feb 04, 2023

Dig In: Garden checklist for week of Feb. 5

February looks normal (so far); chilly and a little damp

Fri, Feb 03, 2023

Learning now for garden success this year

Planning, planting workshops and videos from the area's master gardeners

Thu, Feb 02, 2023

Hiking season begins at Deer Creek Hills Preserve

Sacramento Valley Conservancy opens trails on Saturdays

Wed, Feb 01, 2023

Shadow or no shadow, we could see an early spring

Sacramento's February weather outlook looks good for gardening

Tue, Jan 31, 2023

NorCal Home & Landscape Expo returns to Cal Expo

Huge show features full schedule of garden seminars

Mon, Jan 30, 2023

Roseville workshop tackles 'Pruning with Purpose'

Help trees and shrubs grow their best with timely cuts

Sun, Jan 29, 2023

Stir up a quick batch of marmalade

Ripe limes, lemons become breakfast treat -- no canning required

Fri, Jan 27, 2023

After losing 75 trees to storms, UC Davis plants for future

Lost trees will be replaced by climate-ready alternatives

Tue, Jan 24, 2023

Park Winters offers dried floral 'experiences'

Hands-on opportunity uses bounty of estate's flower-filled gardens

Mon, Jan 23, 2023

Green Acres hosts huge houseplant event

Citrus Heights nursery location holds celebration of indoor jungles

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Garden Checklist for week of Nov. 3

November still offers good weather for fall planting:

* If you haven't already, it's time to clean up the remains of summer. Pull faded annuals and vegetables. Prune dead or broken branches from trees.

* Now is the best time to plant most trees and shrubs. This gives them plenty of time for root development before spring growth. They also benefit from fall and winter rains.

* Set out cool-weather annuals such as pansies and snapdragons.

* Lettuce, cabbage and broccoli also can be planted now.

* Plant garlic and onions.

* Keep planting bulbs to spread out your spring bloom. Some possible suggestions: daffodils, crocuses, hyacinths, tulips, anemones and scillas.

* This is also a good time to seed wildflowers and plant such spring bloomers as sweet pea, sweet alyssum and bachelor buttons.

* Rake and compost leaves, but dispose of any diseased plant material. For example, if peach and nectarine trees showed signs of leaf curl this year, clean up under trees and dispose of those leaves instead of composting.

* Save dry stalks and seedpods from poppies and coneflowers for fall bouquets and holiday decorating.

* For holiday blooms indoors, plant paperwhite narcissus bulbs now. Fill a shallow bowl or dish with 2 inches of rocks or pebbles. Place bulbs in the dish with the root end nestled in the rocks. Add water until it just touches the bottom of the bulbs. Place the dish in a sunny window. Add water as needed.

* Give your azaleas, gardenias and camellias a boost with chelated iron.

* For larger blooms, pinch off some camellia buds.

* Prune non-flowering trees and shrubs while dormant.

* To help prevent leaf curl, apply a copper fungicide spray to peach and nectarine trees after they lose their leaves this month. Leaf curl, which shows up in the spring, is caused by a fungus that winters as spores on the limbs and around the tree in fallen leaves. Sprays are most effective now.

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