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Murer House hosts Lavender Day


Lavender is one of the best plants to attract bees. (Photos: Debbie Arrington)
Event explores many ways to use, grow this fragrant herb

Love lavender? Then, this event is for you.

Lavender comes in several
different varieties.
On Saturday, June 1, the Murer House in Folsom hosts Lavender Day, a celebration of all things related to this popular flowering herb.

Lavender plants will be offered for sale along with a wide assortment of items made with lavender or scented with lavender oil.

Demonstrations and a special guest speaker are part of this garden party. Learn how to make items with lavender flowers such as potpourri or tea.

Greg Gayton of
Green Acres Nursery will be the featured speaker with tips on how to grow lavender at home.

Native to the Mediterranean, lavender is well suited to Sacramento’s climate and can adapt to low water landscapes. Beloved by bees, lavender comes in different species and varieties with specific uses and needs.

Admission is free. Hours are 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday. Tours of the historic home, built in the 1890s, will be available from 10 am. to 2 p.m.

Murer House is located at 1125 Joe Murer Court in Folsom.

Details: www.murerhouse.org .

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Make the most of the lower temperatures early in the week. We’ll be back in the 80s by Thursday.

* Plant, plant, plant! It’s prime planting season in the Sacramento area. 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. (You also can transplant seedlings for many of the same flowers.)

* Plant dahlia tubers.

* 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.

* Add mulch to the garden to maintain moisture. 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.

* Remember to weed! Pull those nasties before they set seed.

* Water early in the day and keep seedlings evenly moist.

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