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Fairy gardens and fantasy creations create bright spots of interest in your garden, captivating children and adults alike. They can be full of pixies, dragons, or dinosaurs, or perhaps have little dwellings that invite the imagination to fill them.
Cyclamen A Pop of Color in Winter By Anne Bettencourt UCCE Master Gardeners of El Dorado County Most flowering perennials are dormant during cooler winter months.
Grow a garden on hard-pan, lava rock or other inhospitable surface by building a hgel first. Much less expensive than container or raised-bed gardening, hgelkultur is a traditional way to build a garden bed. Never buy bagged soil again! Build a hgel and make your own planting soil.
By Pauline Atkins UCCE Master Gardeners of El Dorado County This article originally appeared in the 4/19/23 Mountain Democrat At the Sherwood Demonstration Garden Vegetable Garden, Master Gardeners of El Dorado County volunteers assembled a Hgelkultur.
Do the bright green leaves of buckeye bring stirrings of spring? Do lupine blossoms remind you of hiking your favorite trails? Did you get to see your favorite wildflower during this years super bloom?
UCCE Master Gardeners of El Dorado County appeared in the 11-16-2022 Mountain Democrat Pests in the garden are not always creepy crawlers; they can be plants too, and some are even very attractive.
UCCE Master Gardeners of El Dorado County appeared in the 11-09-2022 Mountain Democrat Studies have shown that flowers are stress relievers. As the days get shorter and colder, it is time to say goodbye to warm weather gardens.
"Water, water everywhere, but nary a drop to drink" is a good analogy and sums up my thoughts when I look at all the pine needles on the ground but have been discouraged from using them as mulch because they lower the pH of the soil to acidic levels.
Article originally appeared in the Mountain Democrat, 10/19/ 2022 Leaves are magical things. The original solar panels, leaves take sunlight and convert it into food for the plant. But when they dry up and fall on the ground, many people quickly want to rake them out of their yards.
