Sacramento master gardeners staff Horticulture Center for Open Garden Day
The Fair Oaks Horticulture Center is pleasant and shady in the late-summer morning light. Kathy Morrison
The light has started to shift into that golden fall glow, have you noticed? To gardeners, that signals a great season for planting. This Saturday's Open Garden Day at the Fair Oaks Horticulture Center is the perfect time to check out what's growing and can be grown in fall.
Open Garden Day is a free, informal event, running from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, Sept. 9. All areas of the Horticulture Center will be staffed with UCCE master gardeners, who are happy to discuss what's planted in the various areas: Berry Garden, Herb Garden, Orchard, Vegetable Garden, Vineyard and Water-Efficient Landscape. And the master gardeners in the Compost Area are ready to answer questions about organic waste recycling and can show off their hard-working red wigglers in the worm composting bin.
Have a perplexing gardening question or an unidentified pest? Bring along plant or bug samples (preferably in plastic bags) and visit the Ask the Master Gardener table -- or talk to any of the master gardeners onsite.
Two special presentations are planned during the morning:
-- 10 a.m. "Warm Season Weeds, Cool Season Weeds."
-- 11 a.m. "Making Your Yard Wildlife Friendly."
The new Gardening Guide and Calendar also will be on sale during the event. The 2024 theme is "Habitat Gardening." The publication's price is $12; cash or check only at this event. (It also can be ordered using a credit card on the Sacramento master gardeners' website, https://sacmg.ucanr.edu/Gardening_Guide/)
The Fair Oaks Horticulture Center is located at 11549 Fair Oaks Blvd., just south of the Fair Oaks Library.
Plan ahead: The final Open Garden Day of 2023 will be Wednesday, Oct. 11, from 9 a.m. to noon.
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Garden Checklist for week of Oct. 6
Get ready to get to work! Cooler weather is headed our way mid-week.
* Clean up the summer vegetable garden and compost disease-free foliage.
* Harvest pumpkins and winter squash.
* October is the best month to plant trees, shrubs and perennials.
* Before planting, add a little well-aged compost and bone meal to the soil, but hold off on other fertilizers until spring. Keep the transplants well-watered (but not wet) for the first month as they become settled.
* Dig up corms and tubers of gladioli, dahlias and tuberous begonias after the foliage dies. Clean and store in a cool, dry place.
* Treat azaleas, gardenias and camellias with chelated iron if leaves are yellowing between the veins.
* Now is the time to plant seeds for many flowers directly into the garden, including cornflower, nasturtium, nigella, poppy, portulaca, sweet pea and stock.
* Plant seeds for radishes, bok choy, mustard, spinach and peas.
* Plant garlic and onions.
* Set out cool-weather bedding plants, including calendula, pansy, snapdragon, primrose and viola.
* Reseed and feed the lawn. Work on bare spots.
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