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Beyond Lawn

Home Fair Oaks Horticulture Center WEL Gardens Lawn Removal Methods You may remove a lawn for several reasons: to reduce landscape water use by replacing lawn with drought-tolerant plants or plants that attract wildlife and pollinators, or to convert the area to another landscape use.
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Straw Bale Gardening Demonstration - 2015

Home Horticulture Center Vegetables Straw Bale Gardening 2015 This was our third straw bale gardening demonstration using the books Straw Bale Gardens and Straw Bale Gardens Complete (Joel Karsten, 2013 and 2015, Cool Springs Press) as references.
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Vegetable Problems in Summer - Abiotic Disorders

Vegetables Summer Problems Abiotic Don't let the name worry you. Abiotic disorders are the plant problems caused by too much or too little water, nutritional deficiencies, too much sun and sometimes just the variety.
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Straw Bale Gardening

"How to" Videos 2018 - Sweet Potatoes 2017 - Tomatoes 2016 - Tomatoes 2015 - Melons/Squash 2014 - Watermelon 2013 - Pumpkins (includes basics of conditioning the bale, irrigation and fertilization) Home Horticulture Center Vegetables Straw Bale Gardening click to enlarge Having heard Farmer Fred...
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Vegetable Planting Plans

Summer - 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 Winter - 2023-24 | 2022-23 | 2021-22 | 2020-21 | 2019-20 Horticulture Center Veggie Planters (click to enlarge) Asterisk* Indicates an All American Selections Winner Bed #1 Beans: Nickel (bush), Tricolor (bush), Red Noodle (pole), Green Noodle (pole) Bed #2...
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Growing Lettuce in Warm Weather

Vegetables Lettuce in Summer Lettuce is not usually a vegetable we think of when planning a summer garden in the Sacramento area. It is a cool season vegetable, sensitive to high temperatures and dry soil.
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Vegetable Problems in Summer

Abiotic Disorders | Diseases | Pests Maybe your vegetable garden has always been successful and you've never heard of the problems described here. However, if you've had trouble with vegetable plants in the summer, we have probably experienced it too and want to help you resolve the problem.
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Vegetable Problems in Summer - Diseases

Vegetables Summer Problems Diseases What's wrong with my plant? In this section we will share the most common diseases in the vegetable garden in the warm months.
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Vegetable Problems in Summer - Pests

Vegetables Summer Problems Pests What's that thing crawling on my plant? In this section we will share the most common pests in the vegetable garden in the warm months. Please use the Quick links or scroll down to see the information.
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Straw Bale Gardening Demonstration - 2016

Home Horticulture Center Vegetables Straw Bale Gardening 2016 Our fourth summer of straw bale vegetable gardening at the Fair Oaks Horticulture Center featured dwarf tomato varieties and new challenges in 2016.
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