Find heirloom tomatoes, perennials at Yolo plant sales

Got plants? Yolo County master gardeners do – including heirloom tomato seedlings ready for spring planting.

On two Saturdays – April 1 and 8 – find an excellent selection of tomato varieties plus drought-tolerant perennials at the Yolo County master gardeners’ Spring Plant Sales at Woodland Community College. Open from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. both Saturdays, the sales will be held in the college’s shade house/greenhouse area (look for the signs).

These plants were lovingly nurtured by Yolo County master gardeners and are ready for planting (as soon as the rain stops). They’re priced to sell: Plants in 1-gallon pots are $6 each; $4.50 for plants in quart-size containers. Tomato plants are $3 apiece. Cash or check only.

Woodland Community College is located at 2300 E. Gibson Road, Woodland.

Wondering what to do in your April garden – and confused by all this rainy weather? Get some answers during a free Zoom workshop, also on Saturday, April 1, and offered by the Yolo County master gardeners. At 10 a.m., UCCE Yolo County Master Gardener Treva Valentine will share her “Kitchen Garden Chat,” part of a monthly online series open free to the public.

“April is the month of action,” say the master gardeners. “Drawing on her vast experience and amusing anecdotes about tending the edible garden, Treva will lead a discussion about what to be doing in the month of April in the edible garden, including growing veggies in containers and how to deal with springtime pests. As always, participants are encouraged to bring all of their edible garden questions to share.”

No advance registration is required. To tune into Treva, click this Zoom link: https://ucanr.zoom.us/j/98028723763.

“Kitchen Garden Chat” is held via Zoom at 10 a.m. the first Saturday of each month.

Details on the sales or workshop: https://yolomg.ucanr.edu/.