Free classes cover key areas of fall gardening
Bell beans make an excellent cover crop for a vegetable garden. Learn about growing cover crops Saturday in Placerville. Kathy Morrison
The El Dorado master gardeners present a full morning of seasonal gardening classes during their Fall Into Gardening event Saturday, Oct. 21, in Placerville
The free event runs from 9 a.m. to noon at the Sherwood Demonstration Garden, which includes 16 individual garden areas. The 30-minute classes, and their location at the garden, include:
-- 9 a.m., Pruning and Deadheading, in the Cottage Garden;
-- 9:30 a.m., Propagation, at the Pergola;
-- 10 a.m., Composting and Vermiculture, at Compost Central;
-- 11 a.m., Alliums (Onions, garlic, leeks), at the Vegetable Garden;
-- 11:30 a.m., Cover Crops and Cool Season Vegetables, Vegetable Garden.
Interested folks are welcome to attend one class or the whole morning, the master gardeners note. Kids activities, community booths and UCCE programs also will be part of the event.
The Sherwood Demonstration Garden is located at 6699 Campus Drive, Placerville. For more information on the El Dorado County master gardeners' activities, go to https://mgeldorado.ucanr.edu/
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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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