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Learn about beekeeping, fall gardening and more

Tri-County Home & Garden Show offers 15 seminars

Sacramento Digs Gardening
BY Debbie Arrington PUBLISHED AUG 16, 2023

A Western honey bee gathers pollen from a sunflower on a recent morning. Learn all about keeping bees for honey during the Tri-County Home & Garden Show this weekend. Kathy Morrison

Beat the heat and learn about gardening during seminars offered at the Tri-County Home & Garden Show, Friday through Sunday, Aug. 18-20, at Roseville’s Roebbelen Center.

Spread over all three days, 15 home and garden seminars will be presented by local experts. The seminars are included with admission to the Tri-County show, which targets residents in Sacramento, Placer and El Dorado counties.

For gardeners and nature lovers, some seminars stand out.

Designed for bee lovers of all ages, “Uncle Jer’s Bee Show!” highlights all three days – 1 p.m. Friday, 3 p.m. Saturday and 1 p.m. Sunday. Uncle Jer – Jerry Johnson of Elk Grove – started tending hives as a kid on his family’s farm. Now he keeps bees for fun in suburbia.

“Interested in bee-keeping? Learn about the fascinating society of honey bees from a long time bee-keeper,” say the organizers. “Uncle Jer will discuss the secret life of pollinators, the benefits of honey and the ins and outs of raising bees for honey. There will be lots of Q&A time about becoming a backyard beekeeper!”

At noon Saturday, a favorite flower for hanging baskets or shady spots takes the spotlight. “For the Love of Fuchsias” will be presented by John Furnas, Donna Niemoller and Nora Haley, all members of the American Fuchsia Society. They’ll offer tips on how to grow beautiful fuchsias in the greater Sacramento area and make the most of warm shade.

Master gardeners will offer timely programs on Saturday and Sunday.

Thinking about ditching your tired, thirsty turf? At 11 a.m. Saturday, master gardener Julie Long will present “Lawn Replacement – From Blah to Beautiful.” Long says, “Learn the best way to get rid of your high maintenance lawn and create a pollinator paradise!”

At 2 p.m. Saturday, master gardener Susan Bosworth offers tips for making the most of late summer and autumn opportunities during “Fall in Love with Gardening.” “It may still be sweltering outside, but cooler weather is coming,” she says in her seminar description. “There is still lots to do in the garden before the rains start. Learn what needs to get cut back, how to clean your tools and more.”

After focusing on fall, set your sights on spring. At 11 a.m. Sunday, join master gardeners Sandi Fitzpatrick and Cynthia Tran for “Bulbs for Spring Color: Fall is bulb-planting season!” They describe their talk as “a time for gardeners to project themselves into the future – specifically next spring. Anyone who wants clutches of tulips, clumps of hyacinths or dozens of daffodils in their spring garden must plan and plant in fall.”

For a complete seminar schedule: https://tri-countyhomegardenshow.com/home-garden-seminars.

The Roebbelen Center is located at 700 Event Center Drive, Roseville. Show hours are noon to 8 p.m. Friday, and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.

Tickets are $10 general, $5 seniors (60 and up); children age 12 and younger admitted free. Discounts are available for purchasing tickets in advance online. At the gate, cash-only admission ($10) will be available. Parking is $10.

Details and tickets: https://tri-countyhomegardenshow.com/.

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Garden checklist for week of Aug. 16

During this break in the heat, feed your garden. Make sure to water before and after applying fertilizer.

* In the garden, direct seed beets, carrots, leaf lettuce and turnips.

* Plant potatoes.

* Harvest tomatoes, beans, squash, pepper and eggplants to prompt plants to keep producing. Give your plants a deep watering twice a week, more if planted in containers. Also, give them a boost with phosphate-rich fertilizer to help fruiting.

* Watch out for caterpillars and hornworms in the vegetable garden. They can strip a plant bare in one day. Pick them off plants by hand in early morning or late afternoon.

* Feed citrus trees their last round of fertilizer for the year. This will give a boost to the fruit that’s still small.

* Mulch can be your garden’s best friend – it conserves moisture while blocking out weeds. But don't let mulch mound around stalks, stems or trunks. That can promote rot.

* Camellia leaves looking a little yellow? Give them some chelated iron. That goes for azaleas and gardenias, too.

* Pick up after your fruit trees. Clean up debris and dropped fruit; this cuts down on insects and prevents the spread of brown rot. Then feed fruit trees with slow-release fertilizer for better production for next year.

* To prolong bloom into fall, feed begonias, fuchsias and container plants. Always water before fertilizing.

* Fertilize fall-blooming perennials, too. Chrysanthemums can be fed until the buds start to open.

* Prepare for a fall full of flowers by paying a little extra attention to your garden. Cut off spent blooms from roses, annuals and perennials, then give them a boost of fertilizer. Make sure to water plants before feeding. Roses will rebloom about six to eight weeks after deadheading.

* Indoors, start seedlings for fall vegetable planting, including bunching onion, cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, kale, radicchio and lettuce.

* Sow seeds of perennials in pots for fall planting including yarrow, coneflower and salvia.

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