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Grapes are a popular choice to grow in the home garden. Grapevines not only produce tasty fruit that can be used in many ways, but the vines can be trained to provide shade or privacy in the landscape.

The UC Master Gardeners maintain a beautiful horticulture center in Fair Oaks where we invite the public to visit and learn about growing vegetables, fruits, herbs and water efficient plants. We also demonstrate composting techniques.

Fair Oaks Horticulture Center Inspired by Chuck Ingels 11549 Fair Oaks Boulevard (Map/Directions) Fair Oaks, CA 95628 The Water-Efficient Landscape garden at the Fair Oaks Horticulture Center is open to the public 7 days a week from sunrise till sunset for self-guided tours.

Because fruit trees often set more fruit than they can support and develop to full size, fruit should be thinned in the spring. Leaving too much fruit on a tree can also lead to limb breakage or alternate bearing.

Dig or rototill the soil to a depth and width that will accommodate tree roots. Roots can grow 2 to 3 times the width of the tree canopy. If the soil is compacted, find ways to loosen it or consider using raised mounds or planters.

Master Gardeners and the winter WEL The gardens are open to the public dawn to dusk during normal Fair Oaks Park hours (11549 Fair Oaks Blvd., Fair Oaks, CA 95628 - Map/Directions). Take a self-guided tour of the gardens - most plants are labeled.

Welcome Garden | Shade | Perennials | Popular Plants | Natives | Wildlife Habitat | Streetscape Plant List (PDF)The Water-Efficient Landscape (WEL) is proof that a beautiful garden can thrive on low amounts of supplemental summer water.

Grow herbs plant list | Culinary herb profiles (PDF ) | Landscaping with Herbs (PDF ) Harvest Day | Visit us | Video Library Find the herb garden at the entrance to the orchard between the water efficient gardens and the orchard gate.

By Chuck Ingels, UC Farm Advisor Landscapers and arborists often have large amounts of green waste that ends up in the landfill because it is more convenient than taking it to recycling facilities. But they would like to be able to give it away (theyd actually like to sell it!) at closer locations.

Home Garden problems Diseases Phytophthora crown and root rot PHYTOPHTHORA CROWN AND ROOT ROT Chuck Ingels, UC Farm Advisor Now that the summer is really here, Master Gardeners are getting questions about why a whole tree is suddenly dying or dead.