Fresno Gardening Green

Insects infesting stored foods – such as flour, cereal, pasta, and other dried goods – present one of the most common household insect problems. They won’t bite you or your pets, but they do contaminate food.Most dried food products can be infested. In addition to those mentioned above, pantry pests like…

Pre-dawn irrigation is preferable to reduce the amount of water lost to evaporation.TasksControl weeds before they flower, produce seed and multiply.If citrus trees have scale, mites or thrips, spray with summer weight horticultural oil.Treat petunia, geranium and tomato plants with Bacillus thuringiensis …

 National Pollinator Week, which begins today and runs through June 22, was established in 2007 following a unanimous vote by the U.S. Senate. Why make a federal case over pollinators? Many of the healthiest foods in our diets – almonds, blueberries, squash, strawberries, peaches and much more – are…

While bringing firewood from home for your weekend camping trip may seem harmless, many invasive pests can hide in firewood and cause serious harm to California’s forests and urban landscapes. You can help limit the spread of these unwanted hitchhikers by collecting or buying firewood close to where you plan…

Remember friends, neighbors and shut-ins with extra produce and flowers from your garden.TasksConsider removing groundcovers, turfgrass or annual flowers from little-used garden areas such as parking strips, medians or lawn “islands.”Cover bare soil with a layer of mulch. This reduces weeds and helps the…