Expect mild morning weather Saturday at Fair Oaks Horticulture Center
This variety of lavender is indeed "Phenomenal." One of the mini talks planned for Saturday's Open Garden Day will cover growing and caring for lavender. Kathy Morrison
Saturday is the first full day of summer, and the weather forecast is a welcome one: An expected high of 80 degrees.
That means ideal conditions in the morning to visit the Fair Oaks Horticulture Center, where the Sacramento County master gardeners will hold their final Open Garden Day of the first half of 2025.
The Horticulture Center will be open to the public from 9 a.m. to noon for strolling, asking questions and soaking up garden inspiration. The master gardeners will staff all areas of the FOHC, which includes a vineyard, orchard, herb garden, berry garden, composting area, vegetable garden, and the Water Efficient Landscape.
In addition, four mini talks are scheduled:
-- 9:45 a.m., Beat the Heat: Ornamental and Edible Plants
-- 10:15 a.m., Solarizing a Raised Vegetable Bed
-- 10:45 a.m., Summer Fruit Tree Pruning and Fruit Thinning
-- 11:15 a.m., Lavender Love: How to Grow & Care for This Fragrant Favorite
The Fair Oaks Horticulture Center is 11549 Fair Oaks Blvd., Fair Oaks, south of Madison Avenue. Admission and parking are free.
The next event at the Horticulture Center will be Harvest Day, on Saturday, Aug. 2, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Speakers, vendors, demonstrations and more are planned for this celebration of Sacramento-area gardening.
For more on Sacramento County master gardener activities, go to https://ucanr.edu/site/uc-master-gardeners-sacramento-county
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Garden Checklist for week of June 29
We're into our typical summer weather pattern now. Get chores, especially watering, done early in the morning while it's cool.
* It’s not too late to add a splash of color. Plant petunias, snapdragons, zinnias and marigolds.
* From seed, plant corn, pumpkins, radishes, winter squash and sunflowers. Plant Halloween pumpkins now.
* Keep your vegetable garden watered, mulched and weeded. Water before 8 a.m. to reduce the chance of fungal infection and to conserve moisture.
* Water, then fertilize vegetables and blooming annuals, perennials and shrubs to give them a boost. Feeding flowering plants every other week will extend their bloom.
* Don’t let tomato plants wilt or dry out completely. Give tomatoes a deep watering two to three times a week.
* Harvest vegetables promptly to encourage plants to produce more. Squash especially tends to grow rapidly in hot weather. Keep an eye on zucchini.
* Pinch back chrysanthemums for bushy plants and more flowers in September.
* Harvest tomatoes, squash, peppers and eggplant. Prompt picking will help keep plants producing.
* Remove spent flowers from roses, daylilies and other bloomers as they finish flowering.
* Pinch off blooms from basil so the plant will grow more leaves.
* Cut back lavender after flowering to promote a second bloom.
* Give vegetable plants bone meal or other fertilizers high in phosphate to stimulate more blooms and fruiting.
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