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Image caption: This cozy patio is an example of the decor to be on view during the now-sold-out Dickens in the Valley Holiday Home Tour in Woodland.

Featured: Holiday home tours this month include Loomis event

Popular fundraisers benefit local programs; Woodland tour sold out

Wed, Dec 04, 2024

Volunteers needed to plant native trees in Roseville

RUFF hosts free planting party near Pistachio Park

Tue, Dec 03, 2024

The Plant Foundry hosts Holiday Open House

Oak Park urban nursery and garden store puts its own twist on tradition

Mon, Dec 02, 2024

Beloved holiday home tour returns to East Sacramento

Sacred Heart fundraiser includes cafe, boutique featuring 25 local makers

Sat, Nov 30, 2024

Dig In: Garden checklist for week of Dec. 1

Make the most of dry, clear (and chilly) weather

Fri, Nov 29, 2024

After coldest night of 2024, prepare for more frost

Succulents, holiday poinsettias among most sensitive plants

Wed, Nov 27, 2024

Choose and cut a Christmas tree this weekend

El Dorado County growers ready to welcome tree hunters

Tue, Nov 26, 2024

Grab your frost cloths -- it's about to get cold

After atmospheric river, we'll have some chilly nights

Mon, Nov 25, 2024

The Secret Garden celebrates Small Business Saturday

Family fun, ornament painting and more at Elk Grove destination nursery/ garden store

Sun, Nov 24, 2024

Butternut galette an easy entree or holiday side dish

New! Premade crust, herbed soft cheese can speed up the prep work

Sat, Nov 23, 2024

Dig In: Garden checklist for week of Nov. 24

Thanksgiving week is a time to dry out and count blessings

Fri, Nov 22, 2024

Rain puts damper on Placer master gardeners' fundraiser

Mandarin festival booth skipped; award-winning gardening guide now available online

Thu, Nov 21, 2024

Grants available for Sacramento-area garden projects

Sacramento Perennial Plant Club supports school, nonprofit and community programs

Wed, Nov 20, 2024

Make your own Thanksgiving centerpiece

Relles Florist in Sacramento offers popular DIY class

Tue, Nov 19, 2024

Sacramento, prepare to get soaked!

'Atmospheric river' could drop as much as 4 inches of rain in five days

Mon, Nov 18, 2024

Mountain Mandarin Festival moves to new location

Featuring tons of local citrus, popular event opens Friday in Roseville

Sun, Nov 17, 2024

Persimmons add flavor to fruity fall scones

New! Persimmon-raisin scones with fresh Fuyu persimmon

Sat, Nov 16, 2024

Dig In: Garden checklist for week of Nov. 17

Get ready to chill as cold fronts bring potential frost

Fri, Nov 15, 2024

Davis honors Huei Young for creating tranquil oasis of harmony

Famous feng shui expert opens her private Huei's Garden to the public Saturday

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Garden Checklist for week of Nov. 24

In between rainy episodes this week:

* Keep your gutters and storm drains cleared. Watch out for leaning trees or weakened branches; if you spot trouble, call an arborist.

* Remember to turn off the sprinklers or other irrigation. Be careful walking on or working with wet soil; it can compact easily.

* On rainy days, do some indoor gardening. Tend to houseplants. Sort seed packets. Start seed indoors for cool-season veggies and flowers.

* 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.

* Rake and compost leaves, but leave at least some healthy leaves in planting beds for nesting insects and foraging birds. But dispose of any diseased plant material. For eample, if peach and nectarine trees showed signs of leaf curl this year, clean up under trees and dispose of those leaves instead of composting.

* If you decide to use a living Christmas tree this year, keep it outside in a sunny location until Christmas week. This reduces stress on the young tree.

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

* After they bloom, chrysanthemums should be trimmed to 6 to 8 inches above the ground. If in pots, keep the mums in their containers until next spring. Then they can be planted in the ground, if desired, or repotted.

* Prune non-flowering trees and shrubs while dormant.

* 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 such as California poppies and plant spring bloomers such as as sweet peas, sweet alyssum and bachelor buttons.

* 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.

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