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Expect to find many vegetable transplants, along with succulents, flowers, perennials and more at the American River College Spring Plant Sale, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday. Kathy Morrison
This Saturday, April 12, is studded with local plant sales to support Sacramento-area gardens or gardening groups. Here are some highlights:
BUG Spring Sale: The Luther Burbank High School Urban Garden (BUG) presents its rescheduled Spring Sale from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday.
Vegetables, herbs and flowers are all raised by the students of the LBHS Urban Agriculture Academy. This sale is known for its great plants at even better prices.
Burbank High School is located at 3500 Florin Road, Sacramento.
Details: https://www.facebook.com/BurbankUrbanGarden
Elk Grove Garden Club Spring Sale: This very busy group of green thumbs – including some Sacramento County master gardeners – presents its Spring Plant Sale from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday in Elk Grove.
Find vegetables, flowers, herbs, perennials, succulents, unusual plants plus garden crafts, too; cash or check only. Many of the plants were propagated by local master gardeners who are club members.
The sale will be held at 8609 Brodie Court, Elk Grove. Details: https://www.elkgrovegardenclub.org/
ARC Spring Sale: Famous for its plants and plant people, the Horticulture Department of American River College holds its Spring Plant Sale from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday.
This huge sale features vegetables, annual flowers, succulents, perennials and more – all plants student-grown. Credit cards are accepted, with proceeds benefiting the Horticulture program.
Expect to find some bargains, too.
“Our plants will be priced to sell in order to make room for next year’s propagation students to fill,” say the organizers.
American River College is located at 4700 College Oak Drive, Sacramento. The sale is in the Environmental Resource area, northeast corner of campus, just southeast of the new MTC building and south of Parking lot A on Myrtle Avenue.
Details: https://arc.losrios.edu/campus-life/calendar-and-events/event?id=x91656&date=20250501&time=1030
El Dorado County Edibles Sale: At their Sherwood Demonstration Garden, the El Dorado Master Gardeners present two spring plant sales. The first – set for 8 a.m. to noon Saturday – will feature lots of vegetables, especially tomatoes – plus strawberries, herbs and other edible plants. The second sale, scheduled for April 26, will feature trees and ornamentals. Cash or check is preferred, but Visa or Mastercard will be OK for purchases of $25 or more.
Sherwood Demonstration Garden is located at 6699 Campus Drive, Placerville. Details: https://ucanr.edu/site/uc-master-gardeners-el-dorado-county/central-sierra-el-dorado-county-master-gardener-classes-0
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Garden checklist for week of May 17
With an eye on warmer weather to come, continue to work on the summer vegetable garden:
* Remember to irrigate your tender transplants. The wind can quickly dry out young plants. Seedlings need consistent moisture. Deep watering will help build strong roots and healthy plants. Water early in the morning for best results.
* Plant, plant, plant! It’s prime planting season in the Sacramento area. Time to set out those tomato transplants along with peppers and eggplants. Pinch off any flowers on new transplants to make them concentrate on establishing roots instead of setting premature fruit.
* Direct-seed melons, cucumbers, summer squash, corn, radishes, pumpkins and annual herbs such as basil.
* Harvest lettuce, peas and green onions.
* In the flower garden, direct-seed sunflowers, cosmos, salvia, zinnias, marigolds, celosia and asters. (You also can transplant seedlings for many of the same flowers.)
* Plant dahlia tubers.
* Transplant petunias, marigolds and perennial flowers such as astilbe, calibrachoa, columbine, coneflowers, coreopsis, rudbeckia and verbena.
* Keep an eye out for slugs, snails, earwigs and aphids that want to dine on tender new growth.
* Feed summer bloomers with a balanced fertilizer.
* For continued bloom, cut off spent flowers on roses as well as other flowering plants.
* Put your veggie garden on a regular diet. Set up a monthly feeding program, and keep track on your calendar. Make sure to water your garden before applying any fertilizer to prevent “burning” your plants.
* As spring-flowering shrubs finish blooming, give them a little pruning to shape them, removing old and dead wood. Lightly trim azaleas, fuchsias and marguerites for bushier plants.
* Don’t forget to weed! Those invaders are growing fast.
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Food in My Back Yard (FIMBY) Series
Lessons learned during a year of edible gardening
WINTER
Is edible gardening possible indoors?
Hints for choosing tomato seeds
Why winter is the perfect time to plant fruit trees
When to plant? Consider staggering your transplants
How to squeeze more food into less space
Plant a fruit tree now -- for later
Win the weed war by tackling them in winter
Tips for planting bare-root trees, shrubs and vegetables
Time to give vegetable seedlings some more space
Ways to win the fight against weeds
FALL
Dec. 16: Add asparagus to your edible garden
Dec. 9: Soggy soil and what to do about it
Dec. 2: Plant artichokes now; enjoy for years to come
Nov. 25: It's late November, and your peach tree needs spraying
Nov. 18: What to do with all those fallen leaves?
Nov. 11: Prepare now for colder weather in the edible garden
Nov. 4: Plant a pea patch for you and your garden
Oct. 27: As citrus season begins, advice for backyard growers
Oct. 20: Change is in the autumn air
Oct. 13: We don't talk (enough) about beets
Oct. 6: Fava beans do double duty
Sept. 30: Seeds or transplants for cool-season veggies?
Sept. 23: How to prolong the fall tomato harvest
SUMMER
Sept. 16: Time to shut it down?
Sept. 9: How to get the most out of your pumpkin patch
Sept. 2: Summer-to-fall transition time for evaluation, planning
Aug. 26: To pick or not to pick those tomatoes?
Aug. 19: Put worms to work for you
Aug. 12: Grow food while saving water
Aug. 5: Enhance your food with edible flowers
July 29: Why won't my tomatoes turn red?
July 22: A squash plant has mosaic virus, and it's not pretty
July 15: Does this plant need water?
July 8: Tear out that sad plant or baby it? Midsummer decisions
July 1: How to grow summer salad greens
June 24: Weird stuff that's perfectly normal
SPRING
June 17: Help pollinators help your garden
June 10: Battling early-season tomato pests
June 3: Make your own compost
May 27: Where are the bees when you need them?
May 20: How to help tomatoes thrive on hot days
May 13: Your plants can tell you more than any calendar can
May 6: Maintain soil moisture with mulch for garden success
April 29: What's (already) wrong with my tomato plants?
April 22: Should you stock up on fertilizer? (Yes!)
April 15: Grow culinary herbs in containers
April 8: When to plant summer vegetables
April 1: Don't be fooled by these garden myths
March 25: Fertilizer tips: How to 'feed' your vegetables for healthy growth
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