Placer County Master Gardeners present 'Garden Trends' and lots of seasonal advice
The 2023 Placer County Master Gardeners calendar and gardening guide is devoted to current "Garden Trends." Debbie Arrington
How can you do a better job growing vegetables, fruit, flowers and more? Plan ahead.
For that task, a printed calendar still comes in handy – especially when it’s packed with advice and handy tips.
Now available is the 2023 Calendar and Gardening Guide, created by the UC Master Gardeners of Placer County.
Priced at $12, the 13-month calendar is available at several nurseries and gardener-friendly locations in Placer, Nevada and El Dorado counties. Check the website https://pcmg.ucanr.org/2023_Calendar/ for an updated list of locations to buy the calendar or to order direct.
It’s one of the best bargains local gardeners can find – and it will give you a head start on gardening success in the year ahead.
“In recent years, there has been a surge in people interested in growing their own food,” says Paula Agostini, co-chair of the master gardeners’ calendar committee, “and this calendar taps into that enthusiasm and can help Northern Californians, from beginners to experts, create, grow, and harvest a healthy sustainable garden.”
Written specifically for foothill gardeners, the Placer County calendar and guide is very useful for any gardener in the greater Sacramento area including flatlanders.
The 2023 theme: “Garden Trends: Tips for Enhancing Your Space.” Featuring planting, growing and harvesting tips, the calendar and guide includes in-depth articles for every season. Among the topics: Fruit trees ideal for small spaces; planting for pollinators; create a fragrant garden; how to grow cut flowers; vegetables that can withstand triple-digit heat; and how to replace your lawn.
Get advice on what to plant when as well as what to expect to find in local farmers markets.
A major fundraiser for the master gardeners, the publication “is one of the important ways we deliver valuable information on gardening to the community,” says Agostini.
It’s also beautiful, with gorgeous local photos every month. (Did we mention this calendar makes a great gift?)
Placer County Master Gardeners will be selling calendars at local events including the Auburn Farmers Market (first and third Saturdays through Oct. 15), Roseville Fountains Farmers Market (Tuesdays through Oct. 25) and the Mountain Mandarin Festival, Nov. 18-20.
Details: https://pcmg.ucanr.org/
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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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