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Get free 'Autumn Beauty' sunflower seeds at Harvest Day

Sunflowers can be planted in late summer for autumn blooms

Harvest Day offers great shopping for gardeners

Select local vendors, clubs and organizations bring wide range of specialties

Sacramento catches a break in hottest July on record

Weather roller-coaster continues; triple-digit temperatures return this weekend

Take a summer morning ramble amid native plants

Registration required for free event Aug. 6

Sacramento County's Harvest Day returns Aug. 5

Plant talks, vendors, food and fun during annual gardening celebration

The Secret Garden hosts pottery sale, houseplant event

Melon meets avocado for a savory, colorful salad

Melon-avocado salad with lemon vinaigrette

Dig In: Garden checklist for week of Aug. 28

Cool melon salsa a perfect condiment for hot days

Fragrant fruit melds well with peppers, cilantro

Dig In: Garden checklist for week of Aug. 21

Roses that can take Sacramento heat and still look good

How to save your plants during a heat wave

You’ll have this easy chutney down P.A.T.

P.A.T. Chutney combines plums (or pluots), apricots and tomatoes

Dig In: Garden checklist for week of Aug. 14

Attack of the tomato hornworms!

Raw veggies for dinner? In summer, it works

Tender corn and fresh tomatoes star in a no-sweat dish

Dig In: Garden checklist for week of Aug. 7

Learn how to grow fruit without much space

Dig In: Garden checklist for week of July 31

In-person Harvest Day returns Aug. 6 after 3 years