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Sacramento Digs Gardening
BY Debbie Arrington PUBLISHED OCT 8, 2019

Learn to grow your own lettuce and other cool-weather crops during free seminars Saturday at Green Acres. (Photos:

Kathy Morrison)

Learn about cool-weather vegetables at free seminars

Make the most of our second growing season; plant a winter garden.

Learn the basics of cool-weather vegetables during free seminars at 10 a.m. Saturday at Green Acres Nursery & Supply.

All five locations will host this informative Oct. 12 workshop, “From Seed to Supper.” Get advice on how to prep the vegetable beds, what to plant (and when) and how to care for your crops.

Among the vegetables that thrive in Sacramento winter gardens: Lettuce, cabbage, broccoli, kale, chard, beets, onions, leeks, fava beans and peas.

Green Acres are located in Sacramento (8501 Jackson Road), Elk Grove (9220 E. Stockton Blvd.), Folsom (205 Serpa Way), Rocklin (5436 Crossings Drive) and Roseville (901 Galleria Blvd.).

Details and directions: www.idiggreenacres.com .

During Wednesday's Open Garden, the UCCE master gardeners

will tell h ow they prepare the Horticulture Center's vineyards
for winter.

Meanwhile, catch these events Wednesday:

-- The last Open Garden of 2019 at the Fair Oaks Horticulture Center. The center will be open from 9 a.m. to noon for this free informal event presented by the UCCE Sacramento County master gardeners. A mini-demonstration at 10 a.m. will focus on "Putting the Vineyard to Bed for the Winter." Ongoing demonstrations will include fertilizing berries, choosing bulbs (in the Water-Efficient Landscape), winter protection for tropical plants and citrus, and using cover crops to replenish the soil in the vegetable garden. The 2020 Garden Guide and Calendar also will be on sale for $10. 11549 Fair Oaks Blvd., Fair Oaks. Details: http://sacmg.ucanr.edu/?calitem=457036&g=21788

-- "Garden Til You're 90? Safe and Sane Gardening for All Ages" class. The free class starts at 9 a.m. and is taught by the UCCE master gardeners of El Dorado County. Tools and props that make gardening more comfortable will be presented, including use of different types of equipment. The free class will be held at the Cameron Park Community Services District, 2502 Country Club Drive, Cameron Park. No registration required. Details: https://www.facebook.com/events/498781757611021/

-- "Walk With Warren." The walking tour starts at noon Wednesday at the UC Davis Arboretum. More on that here .

-- Kathy Morrison

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Garden Checklist for week of Nov. 3

November still offers good weather for fall planting:

* If you haven't already, it's time to clean up the remains of summer. Pull faded annuals and vegetables. Prune dead or broken branches from trees.

* 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.

* 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.

* 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.

* 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.

* For larger blooms, pinch off some camellia buds.

* Prune non-flowering trees and shrubs while dormant.

* To help prevent leaf curl, apply a copper fungicide spray to peach and nectarine trees after they lose their leaves this month. Leaf curl, which shows up in the spring, is caused by a fungus that winters as spores on the limbs and around the tree in fallen leaves. Sprays are most effective now.

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