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Spring Gardening Tips for a Flourishing Garden
As the vibrant colors of spring burst forth and the air fills with the sweet scent of blossoms, it's the perfect time to roll up your sleeves and tend to your garden. Whether you're a seasoned gar...
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From big sale to dog adoptions, lots to do to celebrate spring
Pent-up gardening enthusiasm is finally getting a big spring release.
After many March 2021 events were canceled due to the pandemic, this nearly normal (and very full) calendar is sure to prompt spring gardening fever. Here’s a sample:
* Sacramento Camellia Show: The 98th annual edition will fill the Elks Lodge on Riverside Boulevard with blooms. Hours: 3 to 6 p.m. Saturday, March 5; and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, March 6. Admission and parking are free. The Elks Lodge is located at 6446 Riverside Blvd., Sacramento, where Florin Road dead-ends at Riverside Boulevard.
Read more here: https://sacdigsgardening.blogspot.com/2022/02/heat-brings-out-camellias-early.html
* Sacramento Home & Garden Show: The “original” returns to Cal Expo for three days of home and garden shopping and inspiration. Show hours are noon to 6 p.m. Friday, March 4; 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, March 5; and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, March 6. Admission is $7; seniors, $4. Parking: $10. Cal Expo is located at 1600 Exposition Blvd., Sacramento.
Read more at: https://sacdigsgardening.blogspot.com/2022/02/sacramento-home-garden-show-returns.html
* Shepard Center Spring Sale: This huge event features dozens of clubs and local vendors. Bring your tools to be sharpened, too. Free admission and parking. Sale hours will be 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday. Shepard Center is located at 3330 McKinley Blvd., Sacramento, in McKinley Park.
Read more at: https://sacdigsgardening.blogspot.com/2022/03/shepard-center-hosts-huge-spring-sale.html
* Dog Adoption Day: Bring home a new friend! Green Acres Nursery & Supply’s Auburn location – the former Eisley’s Nursery – is hosting this event from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday. Green Acres will put $100 towards adoption fees for adoptions made during this event. Nursery is located at 380 Nevada St., Auburn.
Details and directions: www.idiggreenacres.com .
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Temperatures will be a bit higher than normal in the afternoons this week. Take care of chores early in the day – then enjoy the afternoon. It’s time to smell the roses.
* Plant, plant, plant! It’s prime planting season in the Sacramento area. If you haven’t already, it’s time to set out those tomato transplants along with peppers and eggplants. Pinch off any flowers on new transplants to make them concentrate on establishing roots instead of setting premature fruit.
* Direct-seed melons, cucumbers, summer squash, corn, radishes, pumpkins and annual herbs such as basil.
* Harvest cabbage, lettuce, peas and green onions.
* In the flower garden, direct-seed sunflowers, cosmos, salvia, zinnias, marigolds, celosia and asters.
* Plant dahlia tubers. Other perennials to set out include verbena, coreopsis, coneflower and astilbe.
* Transplant petunias, marigolds and perennial flowers such as astilbe, columbine, coneflowers, coreopsis, dahlias, rudbeckia and verbena.
* Keep an eye out for slugs, snails, earwigs and aphids that want to dine on tender new growth.
* Feed summer bloomers with a balanced fertilizer.
* For continued bloom, cut off spent flowers on roses as well as other flowering plants.
* Don’t forget to water. Seedlings need moisture. Deep watering will help build strong roots and healthy plants.
* Add mulch to the garden to help keep that precious water from evaporating. Mulch also cuts down on weeds. But don’t let it mound around the stems or trunks of trees or shrubs. Leave about a 6-inch to 1-foot circle to avoid crown rot or other problems.
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