Free classes cover key areas of fall gardening
Bell beans make an excellent cover crop for a vegetable garden. Learn about growing cover crops Saturday in Placerville. Kathy Morrison
The El Dorado master gardeners present a full morning of seasonal gardening classes during their Fall Into Gardening event Saturday, Oct. 21, in Placerville
The free event runs from 9 a.m. to noon at the Sherwood Demonstration Garden, which includes 16 individual garden areas. The 30-minute classes, and their location at the garden, include:
-- 9 a.m., Pruning and Deadheading, in the Cottage Garden;
-- 9:30 a.m., Propagation, at the Pergola;
-- 10 a.m., Composting and Vermiculture, at Compost Central;
-- 11 a.m., Alliums (Onions, garlic, leeks), at the Vegetable Garden;
-- 11:30 a.m., Cover Crops and Cool Season Vegetables, Vegetable Garden.
Interested folks are welcome to attend one class or the whole morning, the master gardeners note. Kids activities, community booths and UCCE programs also will be part of the event.
The Sherwood Demonstration Garden is located at 6699 Campus Drive, Placerville. For more information on the El Dorado County master gardeners' activities, go to https://mgeldorado.ucanr.edu/
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