It's September now. Back to school AND back to the garden for winter planting.

This week is our regular monthly episode of “This Month in the Garden” on the In the Garden with UC Master Gardeners show.

Consider what spring-flowering bulbs to buy. Plant Green Peas now to eat! Plant Sweet Peas now to brighten your Holidays! Listen to UC Master Gardeners and Hosts Katrina Kirkeby and Teena Spindler as they help you get off on the right garden clog this month In the Garden!

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Podcast Topic: This Month In The Garden

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Where do most plants come from? Well, SEEDS, of course! So now is the time to start your cool season garden from seed.

For this topic called “Seed Starting for the Fall Season”, Host and UC Master Gardener Dece Morgan will talk to fellow Master Gardener Teena Spindler about the most inexpensive way to start a bountiful vegetable garden.

Some seeds don't take much to germinate but others may take a little coaxing. Key is consistent water (soil moisture). Learn from the best here on In the Garden with UC Master Gardeners.

Just like a painter takes a little bit of this and a dab of that to make just the perfect hue before touching brush to canvas, a gardener can use the same concept to create a visually artful, and in our case, a water-friendly landscape.

Tune in to In the Garden with UC Master Gardeners this week and you'll learn about different “plant palettes” according to our unique Southern California environments.

Master Gardeners Dece Morgan and Kay Havens will tell you how to pick your “Low Water Plant Palettes for Orange County” gardens which include coastal (for small and medium-sized home gardens), desert, and inland hills and valleys. If you've ever been to Reata Park in San Juan Capistrano, you've already experienced what we're talking about!

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Podcast Topic: This Month In The Garden – August

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