North State Garden News
Shasta Master Gardener Training
Time to stop procrastinating! If you'd like to take the Master Gardener training program for Shasta County, go to www.shastacollege.edu and enroll in the class, AGEH-60. Classes are held on Tuesday evenings from 6 pm til 8:50 pm, with 4...
Blossoming Squash
It can be so frustrating to see a young squash developing on the vine, then it withers at the end and doesn't grow any larger. What causes that? In most cases, it's a pollination failure. Squash, melons and cucumbers (cucurbits) have...
Peaches are blooming, that means
The cherries and peaches have begun to bloom at our office at the Young Family Ranch. That means it's too late for that last application of fungicide to prevent peach leaf curl. This hasn't been a wet winter, so if you sprayed your trees last...
Gardening in a Drought
We're still far behind on rainfall this winter, so it's a good time to plan ahead to reduce water use. The Master Gardener Program has added information to their website to help you save water in your garden, landscape, lawn and...
Fruit Tree Pruning Considerations for Mountain Areas
We had a fun workshop on fruit tree pruning last Saturday. Folks had some great questions about special pruning approaches for dealing with some of our mountain issues: bears and heavy snows. Like this little fella who offered to help me...