El Dorado County master gardeners show how during special event
A 30-minute class on fruit tree care (including apples, of course) is one of the offerings Saturday morning during the 'Fall into Gardening' event. Kathy Morrison
It’s time to fall for fall color – and cool-season gardening. And here’s one event that will do the trick.
It’s “Fall into Gardening,” hosted by the El Dorado County master gardeners at their Sherwood Demonstration Garden in Placerville.
Set for Saturday, Oct. 19, from 9 a.m. to noon, this celebration features a wide range of free classes and hands-on workshops plus kids activities and more. Shopping for a new hobby? Community organizations and clubs will staff information booths.
Classes are 30 minutes each, starting at 9 a.m. Among the topics: Planting Alliums and Cover Crops (9 a.m.); Fruit Tree Care (9:30 a.m.); Propagation (10 a.m.); Compost and Vermiculture (10:30 a.m.) ; and Water-Wise Gardening (11:30 a.m.).
Between workshops, browse Sherwood’s 16 demonstration gardens. Meet garden experts and ask questions. Solve your own garden mysteries; bring samples (in zippered plastic bags) and photos.
Thanks to recent cooler nights, fall color is starting to come out in the foothills (and the valley). See Sherwood in its fine fall foliage. It’s apple season, too; learn about apple tree care and harvest at Sherwood’s demonstration orchard plus get recommendations for planting your own fruit trees.
Admission is free; parking, $2.
Sherwood Demonstration Garden is located on the Folsom Lake College – El Dorado Center campus at 6699 Campus Drive, Placerville.
Details and directions: https://mgeldorado.ucanr.edu/.
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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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