Fresno Gardening Green

If you don’t have a fall or winter garden, prepare for spring planting.TasksRepair damaged spots in cool-season lawns (such as tall fescue) by scratching with a rake, seeding and covering with mulch. Keep moist until the new grass seedlings are well established. Warm-season lawns like Bermuda grass will soon…

We are blessed to live here in the Central Valley and its foothills where we can grow year around. It is easy to find plants that can and cannot be planted together over the fall, but not what we can grow that will enrich the soil nutrition and texture and what biochemical pest suppression can be done that…

When planning the fall changes in your garden, think about drought tolerant plants.“A garden is a thing of beauty and a job forever” ~ Richard BriersTasksThe cooler weather is perfect for working in the garden. Start fall cleanup.Despite a few last very hot summer days, fall is rapidly approaching with…

Almost all plants including drought and heat-tolerant species respond to the intense summer heat here in the Central Valley by significantly slowing their growth and their leaf and flower production. As nights grow longer and cooler in late August plants begin to recover their vigor, setting new buds…

After a hot weekend, it looks like our temps are going to be a bit variable for the next week or so — cooler during the week and warmer on the weekend. We will be able to do light pruning this month (not the major pruning we do after the first of the year). We can also start to feed our roses again. However,…