Learn from OC Master Gardeners all about soil, including tips on how to protect and improve your soil for a beautiful and productive garden, and how to not treat it like “dirt”.

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What is there to do In the Garden in December? There is still time to plant those California natives. If you do it now, they will be well established by the time the hot weather comes around.

Check your irrigation system for leaks and possible upgrade. Plant bareroot trees, shrubs, vines, etc. Prune deciduous trees and shrubs BUT if you find pest-infested wood, find out what the pest is and be prepared to wait until Summer to cut out and dispose.

This week is “This Month In the Garden” with UC Master Gardeners. MGs Katrina and Teena will update you with their delightful banter and give you tips and tricks and inspiration on what to do garden-wise this month.

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Podcast Topic: This Month in the Garden – December

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Learn from OC Master Gardeners all about soil, including tips on how to protect and improve your soil for a beautiful and productive garden, and how to not treat it like “dirt”.

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Happy Thanksgiving! This week on In the Garden with UC Master Gardeners, the subject is “Urban Forest”. UC Master Gardener Ann Liu is back with a reprise of a powerful, practical, and fact-filled interview with an expert in the field of growing trees in a city setting.

Ann speaks with Michael Palat, a professional with West Coast Arborists overseeing municipal contracts in So. Orange and San Diego Counties. You will learn about the right trees for the right places. This may be the cornerstone consideration when planning a landscape.

What you are planning is a long-term commitment that can add either great value and beauty to your property or greatly burden you with maintenance trimming costs and maybe even damage to utilities both above and below ground! Mr. Palat will guide you through the checklist of tree choices, tree installation, proper pruning techniques, and the subject of Tree Ordinances – one of the tools to attain a successful Urban Forest in your city.

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Podcast Topic: Urban Forests

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