Sacramento community gardens host free soil workshops
Learn how to improve soil, get questions answered during ‘Let’s Talk Dirt’
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FIMBY: How to squeeze more food into less space
Square-foot gardening makes the most of room in raised beds
Learn how to grow vegetables in raised beds, containers
El Dorado County master gardeners offer free workshop with strategies for bountiful success
‘Grow Orangevale’ features Farmer Fred, Baldo Villegas
At day-long free event, experts offer advice to inspire spring gardening
How my first seed catalog shaped me as a gardener
The Henry Field’s 1969 Spring Catalog turned a 12-year-old into a gardener. Photos: Debbie Arrington Rediscovering plants (and bargains) from a vintage find Imagine getting a whole vegetable garden for $1.25. That was the...
Asparagus tips for Sacramento gardeners
Asparagus takes years. (Photo courtesy UCANR) It takes time to grow this perennial vegetable Asparagus takes patience; it’s a commitment, not a zucchini. One of the few perennial vegetables, asparagus will produce 15, 20...
Another spring approaches, and passion for gardening blossoms
That’s my original gardening book on the right, and the most recent edition of the “Sunset Western Garden Book” on the left. (Photos: Kathy Morrison) A letter to a new gardener (from a slightly-less-new...
Grow vegetables with the best of them — online
Master gardener Gail Pothour talks about growing cucumbers in straw bales during the May 2019 Open Garden at the Fair Oaks Horticulture Center. Although the 2020 spring gardening events have been canceled, gardeners can...
Orangevale Grange unveils new community garden, garden club
Volunteers celebrate after setting up the planting boxes for the Orangevale Grange’s CommUNITY garden. The boxes have since been filled with soil and have their own water source. The grand opening of the garden...