Sprinkler time? Check soil first
Add mulch now to help trees later. (Photo courtesy Sacramento Tree Foundation) Despite dry weather, hold off on irrigation a little longer Is it time to turn on the sprinklers? Check the soil before...
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A gardener’s Thanksgiving
This Japanese maple tree’s best gift is its late-fall beauty on a grey day. (Photo: Kathy Morrison) So much to be thankful for The world is cloudy and soggy this Thanksgiving morning in the...
Seize the day? How about 366 of them?
An invaluable calendar, and a bargain, to boot. (Photo: Kathy Morrison) Master gardener calendars are filled with expert advice Next year is a leap year, so we get an extra day of gardening. But...
Listen to Sac Digs Gardening duo on radio
Award-winning garden writer Debbie Arrington chats with radio host Fred Hoffman during Harvest Day earlier this summer. She and blog partner Kathy Morrison will join Hoffman on the radio Sunday morning. (Photo: Kathy Morrison)...
What a bargain: Master gardeners’ 2021 Gardening Guide and Calendar
Is there anything that says Sacramento more than a big, leafy, shady tree? (Calendar images courtesy Jan Geier Fetler and Laura Cerles-Rogers, UCCE master gardeners) The final freeze of winter. The date I last fertilized...
Must-views on YouTube: Harvest Day speakers
In the Water Efficient Landscape at the Fair Oaks Horticulture Center, Karrie Reid talks about “Building Resilient Gardens.” (Screenshots from UCCE YouTube channel) I love Harvest Day. Each year I scramble to get to...
Take a moment for a midseason assessment
A bee gets busy on flowers of an African blue basil plant. I successfully propagated the plant from one I had last year, and I can’t tell you how happy that makes me. (Photos: Kathy Morrison)...
Sacramento County master gardeners’ tips debut on YouTube
Master gardener Andi MacDonald shows how to grow veggies in containers in one of the new videos filmed by the UCCE master gardeners for Virtual Harvest Day. (Screenshot from YouTube) Videos filmed for Harvest...
Harvest Day 2020 will be online, live and on video
You can pay a virtual visit to the grapevines at the Fair Oaks Horticulture Center this year. Master gardeners will have video demonstrations on many topics, including “Pests of the Vineyard.” (Photo: Kathy Morrison)...
Don’t like dirt? Don’t be a gardener
These dahlias are a small part of an intensely planted community garden plot. (Photos: Kathy Morrison) Oh, yeah, then there’s weeding … and bugs At the community garden where I’ve worked a plot for 15...