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Spring Gardening Tips for a Flourishing Garden
As the vibrant colors of spring burst forth and the air fills with the sweet scent of blossoms, it's the perfect time to roll up your sleeves and tend to your garden. Whether you're a seasoned gar...
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Artists will display their work in this beautiful setting at Loomis' High-Hand Nursery on Saturday. Courtesy High-Hand Nursery
On Saturday, Dec. 9, High-Hand Nursery will host “Winter Art in the Garden,” a celebration of local talent as well as a holiday shopping event.
Artists who regularly display work in High-Hand’s historic fruit shed galleries will bring their art outside into the nursery’s demonstration gardens and green spaces.
“Art in the Garden allows you to shop from some of our gallery artists while you take a stroll through the nursery,” explains the organizers. “The artists will have a table display with their work set up outside and in the fruit sheds!”
The artists will be showing their work from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday. Admission and parking are free.
High-Hand is much more than a place to buy plants. Many patrons come for the farm-to-fork lunch at the High-Hand Cafe inside its glass conservatory. Now open is High-Hand Brewery, serving premium craft beer, wine, cocktails and pub-style food. Besides the art galleries, its fruit shed shops include a fruit and flower market, gift shop, olive oil company and more.
High-Hand Nursery is located at 3750 Taylor Road, Loomis.
Details and directions: https://www.highhandnursery.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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