Free workshops in Roseville, Del Paso Heights
Learn how to care for fruit trees during a free workshop Saturday, June 14, in Del Paso Heights. Kathy Morrison
Because they're big and sturdy, trees tend to receive intermittant attention, but they need care all year. Two free workshops this weekend will help folks take proper care of their precious trees.
The City of Roseville is offering a free class called "1-2-Tree: General Tree Care," 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, June 14, in the Martha Riley Community Library and the adjacent Mahany Fitness Center's courtyard, 1501 Pleasant Grove Drive in Roseville.
"Learn about tree health care, watering schedules, mulch, and fertilization. Use simple and sustainable practices to keep your trees healthy and vigorous. Local arborist Lani Houck, from Roseville Urban Forest Foundation (RUFF), will answer your tree questions and help you establish a simple tree care routine."
The class is open to ages 14 and up, and plenty of space was available as of Thursday afternoon. Roseville signups are here.
Meanwhile, in Del Paso Heights, Dominic Allamano of Sacramento Food Forestry will teach one of his free workshops Saturday at the True Beginnings Community Orchard, 3901 Rio Linda Blvd. This particular session, "Fruit Tree Pruning Workshop," runs from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday.
"Community orchards need a community to care for them!" says Sacramento Food Forestry on its Instagram page. "Join @sacfoodforestry and our friends ReWild Sacramento as we grow our stewardship capacity and help the Del Paso Heights Growers' Alliance and their volunteer network care for the True Beginnings Community Orchard in Del Paso Heights."
Professional pruning tools, orchard ladders and skills mentoring from Allamano will be provided. Participants should bring their hand pruners and get them sharpened.
To register, visit the Sac Food Forestry Instagram page and use the QR code printed there, or email info@dphga.org.
Allamano also has "Mentored Fruit Tree Pruning" workshops at the True Beginnings orchard on Wednesdays, June 18 and June 25, from 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. He'll host similar orchard care events at the Mirasol Community Garden (601 Pipevine St., in Sacramento's River District) with Alchemist Community Development Corp., 6 to 8:30 p.m. on Tuesdays, June 17 and 24.
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Make the most of this break in the weather and tackle late fall chores:
* Protect tender plants from possible frost damage. Don’t leave poinsettias outdoors.
* 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.
* Clear gutters and storm drains.
* Prune dead or broken branches from trees.
* 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.
* Plant bulbs at two-week intervals to spread out your spring bloom. Some possible suggestions: daffodils, crocuses, hyacinths, tulips, anemones and scillas.
* Seed wildflowers and plant such spring bloomers as sweet pea, sweet alyssum and bachelor buttons.
* Set out cool-weather annuals such as pansies and snapdragons.
* Lettuce, cabbage and broccoli also can be planted now.
* Plant garlic and onions.
* Give your azaleas, gardenias and camellias a boost with chelated iron.
* For larger blooms, pinch off some camellia buds.
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