Tri-County Home & Garden Show offers 15 seminars
A Western honey bee gathers pollen from a sunflower on a recent morning. Learn all about keeping bees for honey during the Tri-County Home & Garden Show this weekend. Kathy Morrison
Beat the heat and learn about gardening during seminars offered at the Tri-County Home & Garden Show, Friday through Sunday, Aug. 18-20, at Roseville’s Roebbelen Center.
Spread over all three days, 15 home and garden seminars will be presented by local experts. The seminars are included with admission to the Tri-County show, which targets residents in Sacramento, Placer and El Dorado counties.
For gardeners and nature lovers, some seminars stand out.
Designed for bee lovers of all ages, “Uncle Jer’s Bee Show!” highlights all three days – 1 p.m. Friday, 3 p.m. Saturday and 1 p.m. Sunday. Uncle Jer – Jerry Johnson of Elk Grove – started tending hives as a kid on his family’s farm. Now he keeps bees for fun in suburbia.
“Interested in bee-keeping? Learn about the fascinating society of honey bees from a long time bee-keeper,” say the organizers. “Uncle Jer will discuss the secret life of pollinators, the benefits of honey and the ins and outs of raising bees for honey. There will be lots of Q&A time about becoming a backyard beekeeper!”
At noon Saturday, a favorite flower for hanging baskets or shady spots takes the spotlight. “For the Love of Fuchsias” will be presented by John Furnas, Donna Niemoller and Nora Haley, all members of the American Fuchsia Society. They’ll offer tips on how to grow beautiful fuchsias in the greater Sacramento area and make the most of warm shade.
Master gardeners will offer timely programs on Saturday and Sunday.
Thinking about ditching your tired, thirsty turf? At 11 a.m. Saturday, master gardener Julie Long will present “Lawn Replacement – From Blah to Beautiful.” Long says, “Learn the best way to get rid of your high maintenance lawn and create a pollinator paradise!”
At 2 p.m. Saturday, master gardener Susan Bosworth offers tips for making the most of late summer and autumn opportunities during “Fall in Love with Gardening.” “It may still be sweltering outside, but cooler weather is coming,” she says in her seminar description. “There is still lots to do in the garden before the rains start. Learn what needs to get cut back, how to clean your tools and more.”
After focusing on fall, set your sights on spring. At 11 a.m. Sunday, join master gardeners Sandi Fitzpatrick and Cynthia Tran for “Bulbs for Spring Color: Fall is bulb-planting season!” They describe their talk as “a time for gardeners to project themselves into the future – specifically next spring. Anyone who wants clutches of tulips, clumps of hyacinths or dozens of daffodils in their spring garden must plan and plant in fall.”
For a complete seminar schedule: https://tri-countyhomegardenshow.com/home-garden-seminars.
The Roebbelen Center is located at 700 Event Center Drive, Roseville. Show hours are noon to 8 p.m. Friday, and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.
Tickets are $10 general, $5 seniors (60 and up); children age 12 and younger admitted free. Discounts are available for purchasing tickets in advance online. At the gate, cash-only admission ($10) will be available. Parking is $10.
Details and tickets: https://tri-countyhomegardenshow.com/.
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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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