Look for new SDG signs with recipe links at all seven nurseries
Kevin Jordan and Debbie Arrington check out some of the plants in the vegetable section of Green Acres Nursery & Supply. Courtesy of Green Acres Nursery & Supply
When it comes to gardening and food, we here at Sacramento Digs Gardening can talk all day. Fortunately for listeners of “Green Acres Garden Podcast,” one lengthy conversation was edited down to 31 minutes.
Hear for yourself – and get inspired to grow more edible plants in your garden. For the new podcast released today (April 19), Sacramento Digs Gardening co-creator Debbie Arrington joins host Kevin Jordan to discuss “Spring Recipes from the Garden.”
Listen to it here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1610311/14915308-spring-recipes-from-the-garden
Sponsored by Green Acres Nursery & Supply, the podcast highlights recipes from SDG’s popular e-cookbooks, “Taste Spring” and “Taste Summer,” which are available free online. Find them and more SDG recipes here: https://sacdigsgardening.californialocal.com/articles/recipe/.
Jordan ranks among the state’s top garden educators. A science and horticulture teacher at Leo A. Palmiter Junior and Senior High School in Arden-Arcade, Jordan was presented the 2023 Outstanding Educator Award by the California Foundation for Agriculture in the Classroom. He also was the 2023 Teacher of the Year by the Sacramento County Office of Education.
Jordan appreciates the link between food gardening and better nutrition – as well as fostering a love of healthy eating. Together, Jordan and Arrington chatted about some of the don’t-miss recipes in the e-cookbooks such as strawberry-spinach salad and apricots baked in almond cream.
In addition, the pair announced a new way gardeners can find out what to do with their future crop at the point of plant purchase. Starting this week, Green Acres will post signs next to its vegetable and herb tables with a QR code linking directly to Sacramento Digs Gardening’s recipes and e-cookbooks.
Look for the signs at all seven Green Acres locations in Sacramento, Auburn, Citrus Heights, Elk Grove, Folsom, Rocklin and Roseville.
Details and directions: https://idiggreenacres.com/.
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Garden Checklist for week of May 19
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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