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High-Hand helps Paradise relief effort

Sacramento Digs Gardening
BY Debbie Arrington PUBLISHED NOV 30, 2018

Annual Holiday Celebration dedicated to Camp Fire victims

This annual party has taken on added meaning.

Saturday, High-Hand Nursery & Cafe in Loomis hosts its free Holiday Celebration, a daylong extravaganza featuring a Victorian Christmas Faire and culminating in a 5:30 p.m. lighting ceremony that illuminates the large complex with thousands of lights.

From 10 a.m to 8 p.m., patrons can eat, drink, shop and be merry in a festive atmosphere in High-Hand's century-old fruit packing shed. At the same time, they'll be helping the victims of the devastating Camp Fire that leveled the town of Paradise.

"This year’s Christmas tree lighting this Saturday, December 1 at High-Hand Nursery is dedicated to the victims and souls of those lost in the fires," owner Scott Paris wrote in his online newsletter. "I’ve seen their faces. It’s so unimaginable."

Since news of the Camp Fire's devastation broke, Paris has been working hard to help. Through his nursery and its website, he coordinated donation efforts, then made several round trips to Chico to deliver the goods.

Visitors also can dine at the High-Hand Cafe this Saturday evening
from 5:30 t o 8:30 p.m. Reservations are recommended.

(Photo courtesy High-Hand.)

His first call for donations Nov. 13 brought in more than $6,000, with much more since.

At the holiday party, donations will be accepted at a "Placer Cares: Donation Station for Butte County Camp Fire Victims." Among the items needed: Gifts cards for food and gas; paper plates, cups and plastic utensils; blankets; new underwear and socks; tents and sleeping bags.

Any cash donations will be converted into gift cards for the victims, Paris said.

"I promise you I will personally see that these funds are distributed straight into the artery of those in need," he wrote. "I cannot thank you enough for trusting us and allowing us to help those directly affected."

The whole experience has been overwhelming and life changing, Paris added.

"I have stopped complaining about things," he said. "My perspective has completely changed. We are blessed."

High-Hand Nursery is located at 3750 Taylor Road, Loomis. Details: www.highhand.com .

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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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