Test PB Collection: FTE

By SCMG Electra de Peyster 1. Cover all the holes with soil. When new holes appear you know that those tunnels are active. 2. Use two mouse traps for each hole. Each mouse trap should be drilled with a hole to accommodate a 4 inch nail, so trap can be secured in soil. 3.

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Of all fruit and ornamental trees, persimmons are one of the most brilliantly adorned in autumn. As vivid, eye-catching foliage in shades of red, orange, and yellow begins to fall, bountiful crops of delicious orange fruits are exposed on bare branches, ready for harvest.

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Its very name suggests that pineapple guava is planted as a food-producing shrub, but, just as often, gardeners select it as an evergreen specimen plant for its ornamental qualities.

Growing tomatoes during times of drought in Sonoma County may seem to be counterintuitive, but with careful selection, gardeners can treat tomatoes as water camels and not water hogs. Even the thirstiest tomato plant requires only one to two gallons of water per week.

Turnips and rutabagas are cool-weather vegetables with edible greens, but most frequently grown for their bulbous roots. Rutabagas are thought to be a cross between wild cabbage and turnips, all closely related cabbage family vegetables of the Brassica genus. Both are best grown during cool months.

The Youth Garden Project operates under the leadership of the Food Gardening Specialists of the UC Master Gardener Program of Sonoma County.

Quarryhill Botanical Garden is now Sonoma Botanical Garden (SBG) and is under new leadership. Plans are being developed to highlight existing, and cultivate additional, California native plants on previously undeveloped acreage.

This group was put together in early 2013 to continue our work with the Jail Industries Nursery and to create a centralized place to grow plants for the Bloomin' Backyards Plant Sale.