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In the WEL this month
May is the time to stop by the Water Efficient Landscape Gardens and smell our roses, enjoy our spring blooming perennials, flowering cool season grasses and more.... Read more here.
This month in the vegetable garden
Tomato and pepper transplants can be planted this month. Around the middle of the month seeds of pumpkins, beans, corn, squash.... Read more here.
In the orchard
Codling moth is a common insect pest in the Sacramento area on apples, pears, Asian pears, and English walnuts. Read about how to control this pest here. See how Master Gardeners at the Fair Oaks Horticulture Center demonstration orchard manage the pests.
Composting reminder
2013 Gardening Guide and Calendar
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Calendar
| Event Name | Date |
|---|---|
| Step by Step (Water Bath Canning) - Master Food Preserver Demonstration | 6/8/2013 |
| Fair Oaks Horticulture Center Open Garden | 6/15/2013 |
| Early Summer Fruits - Master Food Preserver Demonstration | 6/19/2013 |
| Pickle Me - Master Food Preserver Demonstration | 7/17/2013 |
| The Pressure's On - Master Food Preserver Demonstration | 7/20/2013 |
Contact us
UC Cooperative Extension
Sacramento County
Master Gardeners
4145 Branch Center Road
Sacramento, CA 95827
916.875.6913
Telephone consultation:
Monday through Friday
9am to 12pm, 1 to 4pm
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UC Gardening Blogs
Promenade in the Pomegranates
Posted 5/23/2013 -
What a match--honey bees and pomegranate blossoms.
Watching the golden bees forage amid the...
Where's Charlotte?
Posted 5/22/2013 -
A spider web is one of nature's most marvelous wonders. It's art, it's architecture, and it's...
Where Do Foraging Bees Go to Die?
Posted 5/21/2013 -
"Where do foraging bees go to die?"
That question was asked this week of honey bee guru Eric...
My Old Flame
Posted 5/20/2013 -
I usually can't get within 25 yards of a dragonfly.
Not so in our back yard.
A flame skimmer or...
Poor ol' Ladybug
Posted 5/17/2013 -
The lady beetle, aka ladybug, was at the wrong place at the wrong time.
We don't know how she...
