More than just perennials at this big fundraising event in South Natomas
Family-friendly free event features plant sale, youth garden, bird walk, fresh produce and more
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Sacramento Iris Society hosts 74th annual show at Shepard Center
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Placer County master gardeners host two Saturday events in Loomis.
American Bonsai Association hosts 65th annual show at Shepard Center.
First weeks of spring bring plenty of warm-season activity.
Sacramento County master gardeners host midweek Open Garden
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Plenty of sunshine prompts spring fever.
Famed feng shui oasis offers two April tours to support Shriners Hospital
Whether celebrating native plants or neighborhoods, all are delightful
UC Davis nursery hosts 'split' sale Sunday
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New! Fruit enhances an orange-scented puffy German pancake
April starts with showers (surprise!), then more sunshine.
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March 25: Fertilizer tips: How to 'feed' your vegetables for healthy growth
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March 11: Ways to win the fight against weeds
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Garden Checklist for week of May 4
Enjoy this spring weather – and get gardening!
* Plant, plant, plant! It’s prime planting season in the Sacramento area. 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. (You also can transplant seedlings for many of the same flowers.)
* 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.
* Add mulch to the garden to maintain moisture. 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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