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Get expert advice during Open Garden Day

Sacramento County master gardeners host free event Saturday

Triple apple treat for any time of day

Applesauce, apple cider and fresh apples for flavor

Enjoy mandarins in a creamy parfait

Try mandarins in an easy parfait dessert

Super-ripe persimmon pulp makes for plump cookie

Treat features fruit and a special ingredient

Pick pomegranates before the rain makes them split

We also have tips on how to seed them without a mess

This fall favorite uses a different orange fruit

It’s persimmon season! Try them in a baked pudding

Too much heat can lead to sunburned apples

Learn how to grow fruit without much space

Dig In: Garden checklist for week of July 31

Feature fresh peaches in an easy turnover

Summer treat makes use of frozen puff pastry

At the State Fair, a microcosm of growing issues

Pretty pluots team with spinach and pecans in summer salad

Pluot-spinach salad with fig balsamic vinaigrette

Summer fruit get together in this easy, creamy dessert

Tutti frutti clafoutis uses mix of plums, apricots, blueberries

What's this bug? It loves triple-digit heat

Dare to chill a peach? Yes, it’s a soup

Use very ripe fruit in this dish for best flavor

Dig In: Garden checklist for week of June 19

June is bustin' out at the Fair Oaks Horticulture Center

Season's first cherries delicious in a spring compote

Sweet early fruit is paired with blanched almonds

Choice of Open Gardens this next week at Fair Oaks Horticulture Center

Lady beetles working hard in our gardens, thank goodness