Archive Nut, Prune and Olive Programs

UCCE Master Gardeners of Calaveras County are actively involved in school gardens at: Jenny Lind Elementary Valley Springs Elementary Railroad Flat Elementary West Point Elementary Michelson Elementary San Andreas Elementary School Toyon Middle School Calaveras High School...

Prune and clean up for fire prevention. Oil and sharpen tools. Sand handles. Either varnish or spray paint handles to make them easy to find in the garden. Pull summer annuals and vegetables. Prune dead and broken branches on trees and shrubs. Rake and compost leaves and plant materials.

Clean out flower and vegetable gardens to discourage diseases and pests from overwintering in your beds. Rake leaves from ditches to make way for the rain that's coming. Re-program drip system timers for cooler weather and rain. Update your garden journal, noting what worked and what didn't work.

Continue mulching to conserve soil moisture and control weeds. Keep harvesting vegetables for continued production. Do the final pruning of summer for fruit bushes. Prune apricots to avoid Eutypa fungus. Remove about 20% of this year's growth.

Compost disease-free annuals and vegetable crops that have finished producing. Cultivate and add compost to the soil for fall and winter vegetables and annuals. Dig, divide, and replant overgrown perennials as they finish blooming. Weed and amend beds before replanting.

Watering and pest control are top of the "To Do" list. Water after midnight and before 10am to reduce the chance of fungal infection and to conserve moisture. Pinch off the top pair of leaves on all chrysanthemum shoots longer than 5" to keep plants bushy and produce more flowers.

Set out traps for earwigs, slugs, and whitefly. Thin pit fruits at or before pit hardening. Thin apples when diameter. Mow grass or cultivate soil around orchard to discourage thrips and plant bugs. Mulch around plants to control weeds and conserve moisture.

Thin apples when diameter. Mow general cleanup for fire protection.. Mulch garden beds to retain moisture and encourage deep roots by deep and infrequent watering. Check sprinklers and drip systems for needed repairs and adjustments.

This area demonstrates the use of a theme in creating a garden in this case a California Mission theme. The California Mission gardens needed to supply medicinal plants, vegetables, fruits and culinary herbs.

With the help of Master Gardeners, Calaveras High students, FoodCorps service members, teachers and community members we have begun the exciting process of restoring the Calaveras High School Farm! The goal is to create a self-sustaining educational farm that will grow produce for the school cafeter...