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Composting at the FOHC

About Composting | Sunset's Perfect Bin | Bird's Nest "Bin" | Worms Composting for the Home Gardener (PDF) | Harvest DayThe composting demonstration at the Fair Oaks Horticulture Center is an ongoing project.
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Workshops and other events

Find us in the community at our Fair Oaks Horticulture Center or at other venues where we will answer all of your gardening questions.
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Grapes at the FOHC

'Perlette' Click to enlarge. The demonstration vineyard at the Fair Oaks Horticulture Center was started in 2000. Master Gardeners budded table grape varieties onto rooted cuttings of Freedom rootstock in February 2000.
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Orchard

This page has moved. Please use this link to visit the new location.
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Berries at the FOHC

Monthly Tips | Grow Blueberries (PDF) | Grow Cane Berries (PDF) Harvest Day | Video Library | Visit Us!In January 2001, blackberries, boysenberries, blueberries, raspberries, and other berries were planted by Master Gardeners at the Fair Oaks Horticulture Center (FOHC).
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Home vegetable gardening

Summer Harvest. Click to enlarge Few experiences can match the pleasure of savoring homegrown vegetables. The flavor and number of varieties that you can grow far exceed what you can buy at a grocery store. Growing vegetables does not have to be time consuming or difficult.
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The Home Orchard

Peaches. Click to enlarge. Whether you are thinking of planting your first fruit tree, or you have been tending fruit trees for years, here is a collection of resources just for the home gardener from the UC Master Gardeners of Sacramento County and other external resources.
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Insect problems

Sacramento County Quarantine The Asian citrus psyllid has been found in Sacramento County. The tiny insect damages citrus fruit but of more importance, it can transmit the deadly citrus disease Huanglongbing (HLB) or citrus greening.
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Disease problems

Black spot on Rose Peach leaf curl trial - with the best preventive product no longer sold, here are some options. Phytophthera crown and root rot - Chuck Ingels explains what is is and how to prevent and manage.
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Composting

Your New Years Resolutionturn over a new leaf, or lots of them. Start composting. Recycle your fruit and vegetable waste, and yard and garden trimmings into a rich soil amendment for your garden, all in your own backyard. Composting is simply the natural process of organic matter decomposing.
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