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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.

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.

Continue to rake up leaves for composting and to control pests and diseases. Clean up garden beds. Keep an eye on the weather report, protect frost-tender plants when the temperature falls below 32 degrees. Prune non-flowering trees and shrubs while dormant.

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.

Master Gardeners are community members who have been trained under the direction of the University of California Cooperative Extension. Each volunteer completed more than 50 hours of formal classroom training.

Amador County Master Gardeners Office hours: 10 a.m. Noon TuesdayThursday Phone: 209-223-6838 Email: mgamador@ucanr.edu Walk-ins welcome: 12200-B Airport Road, Jackson, CA 95642 Bring a sample for identification, or drop by to ask questions.

UC Master Gardeners of Amador County's ClassesUC Master Gardeners offer free classes on various gardening topics throughout the year.  Check our calendar for upcoming classes each month. Calendar of EventsFor more information contact the Master Gardeners 10am to noon, Tuesdays,…

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Welcome Master Gardeners! This page is only accessible by the Amador County Master Gardeners using your VMS passwords. We can use this page to enter VMS, to store files, and to create a custom internal website just for us.

The backyard gardeners of our area have a multitude of challenges when they begin to garden. From our microclimates, elevation, soil ranges to what to plant when and where. The Master Gardeners can help with the questions our gardeners have.