Placer County master gardeners host Spring Open House in Loomis
Learn about straw-bale gardening, fire-smart tips at free event
Tagged: straw bale gardening
Learn how to create an easy raised bed with straw bales
Placer County master gardeners offer free workshop on straw-bale gardening
Beauregard tips the scales at Horticulture Center
That’s a 10.5-pound sweet potato in the center, part of the Horticulture Center’s harvest (Photos: Kathy Morrison) Master Gardener Gail Pothour talks about the straw bale garden and sweet potatoes. Sweet harvest of sweet...
Busy garden event weekend across the region
Expect plant lovers to turn out for the UC Davis Arboretum Nursery spring clearance sale. (Photo: Kathy Morrison) Master gardeners’ Open Garden, a big Arboretum plant sale and a Placer County tour add to...
Hear master gardeners at Nevada County Fair
Growing irises (like the bearded variety above) in the foothills is one of the topics of Nevada County master gardeners’ workshops this week at the Nevada County fair. (Photo courtesy Sacramento Iris Society) Are...
New (locally produced) videos packed with garden info
UCCE master gardener Wendy Wilson explains the simple tools needed to net a fruit tree. (Screengrab from Sacramento County master gardeners YouTube channel) Have you checked out the Sacramento County master gardeners’ YouTube channel...
Two Zoom workshops worth checking out this month
Here’s one example of a straw-bale garden, at the Fair Oaks Horticulture Center in May 2018. Sweet potatoes were planted in the bales that year. (Photo: Kathy Morrison) Any gardener who’d just as soon...