Sacramento Perennial Plant Club hosts vendors and 'The Plant Lady' on Saturday
Triple-orange sugar cookies with or without orange glaze
Sacramento gets soaked (again) as we ‘spring’ forward
Workshop focuses on how plant-based diet can promote better health
Popular Saturday events washed out by weather
Sacramento region could get 4-plus inches of rain, wind gusts up to 50 mph
First of the season's four sales features huge selection of water-wise plants
Find plants and much more at this popular event
Flavorful recipe can be a vegetarian main or lively side dish
March arrives with more cold, damp weather
Weather service says 'expect substantial disruptions to daily life'
Online sale of California natives begins Saturday
Placer County master gardeners offer free pollinator workshop
Overnight lows could reach 29 degrees, kill crops and damage plumbing
Despite winter weather, weekend event should feature hundreds of flowers
The two-in-one vegetable in a frittata variation
February ends on a wet and windy note
Green Acres hosts dog adoption event in Rocklin
Unusual cold weather inspires some meteorological education
Greg Gayton of Green Acres will be featured speaker
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Garden Checklist for week of Nov. 17
Expect the coming storms to knock down an enormous amount of leaves. Grab a rake and get to work!
* 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.
* Use some of those nice fall leaves as mulch around shrubs and trees or in the vegetable garden.
* Save dry stalks and seedpods from poppies and coneflowers for fall bouquets and holiday decorating.
* 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.
* Give your azaleas, gardenias and camellias a boost with chelated iron.
* After they bloom, chrysanthemums should be trimmed to 6 to 8 inches above the ground. If in pots, keep the mums in their containers until next spring. Then, they can be planted in the ground, if desired, or repotted.
* Prune non-flowering trees and shrubs while dormant.
* Keep planting bulbs to spread out your spring bloom. Some possible suggestions: daffodils, crocuses, hyacinths, tulips, anemones and scillas.
* This is also a good time to seed wildflowers and plant such spring bloomers as sweet pea, sweet alyssum and bachelor buttons.
* Now is the best time to plant most trees and shrubs. This gives them plenty of time for root development before spring growth. They also benefit from fall and winter rains.
* Set out cool-weather annuals such as pansies and snapdragons.
* Lettuce, cabbage and broccoli also can be planted now.
* Plant garlic and onions.
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