Dig In: Garden checklist for week of Oct. 18
Violas are great container plants. Add some fall color to your patio or front walk. (Photos: Kathy Morrison) Our Indian (or endless) summer continues with more dry and warm days in the high 80s...
Tagged: cool-weather annuals
Dig In: Garden checklist for week of Nov. 11
The weather and smoke together are shutting down Sacramento gardeners’ tomato vines. Time to p ick or compost your unripened tomatoes. (Photos: Debbie Arrington) Time to pull vines; smoke and colder weather halt tomato...
Dig In: Garden checklist for week of Oct. 11
It’s the perfect time to plant broccoli starts (foreground) and bunching onions (back). (Photo: Kathy Morrison) What a relief it is! After so much heat and haze, clean air and lower temperatures make for...
Dig In: Garden checklist for week of Sept. 1
Plant violas now and they’ll brighten the garden the rest of the year. (Photo: Kathy Morrison) September starts new planting season Get out the shovel and trowel: September starts another season in the vegetable...
Dig In: Garden checklist for week of Oct. 10
Perennials such as coneflowers can be planted now to get a good start in the still- warm soil. (Photo: Kathy Morrison) Still no rain, but we’ve got wind – and that’s not necessarily a...
Dig In: Garden checklist for week of Oct. 13
Plant transplants of kale and other cool-weather vegetables now. (Photo: Kathy Morrison) After the smoke clears, plant something; lots of possibilities Plants don’t mind the smoke. This weekend, fires burning in the Sierra foothills...
Dig In: Garden checklist for week of Sept. 19
Peppers such as these Gypsy peppers at the Fair Oaks Horticulture Center are still producing, but many summer vegetables are done. Any of those can be removed and composted. (Photo: Kathy Morrison) Our last...
Dig In: Garden checklist for week of Oct. 6
Add violas or other cool-weather bedding plants to your garden for some cheery color. (Photo: Kathy Morrison) Sunny conditions perfect for transplanting; when wind gusts, watch out for sparks Pleasant days and warm nights...
Dig In: Garden checklist for week of Jan. 16
Violas add color to the winter garden. Other flowers to plant now: Pansies, snapdragons, English daisies, calendulas and fairy primroses. (Photo: Kathy Morrison) We’re settling into another winter dry spell. According to the National...
Dig In: Garden checklist for week of Sept. 29
Autumn Joy stonecrop ( Sedum spectabile ‘Autumn Joy’) is a sturdy perennial and a good choice for fall planting. The flower clusters start out pink, then age to a rosy russet in fall. This...