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Don't miss our 2019 Calendar!  Master Gardeners give you advice about growing it and the Master Food Preservers help you preserve it.

Hostess gifts, stocking stuffers, family and friends--they will love it.

And still only $10!

Saturday, February 23, 2019
10 AM till NOON

Worm composting is neat, easy and odorless--ideal for indoor or outdoor locations.  Learn how and take worms and a bin home.  $25. 

Learn more and register.

Saturday, March 23, 2019
10 AM till NOON

Learn by doing at this hands-on demonstration on how to build an active compost pile.  Learn if "Hot" composting is right for you.  $10. 

Learn more and register.

Spray peach and nectarine for peach leaf curl as soon as leaves have fallen.

Begin winter pruning. Mark your calendar for our annual Pruning Workshop, January 19, 2019.

See more December orchard tasks.

This is a good time to jot down how your summer garden did.  Keep a journal!

Our 2019 Saving the Harvest Calendar is the perfect place to record your gardening notes.

Rosemary is an edible garden winner.  It's tough, drought tolerant, evergreen and need we say tasty!  Whether you choose ornamental or culinary varieties, all are edible and all make a show with their blue flowers in spring into summer.

Big trees mean lots of fall leaves—sometimes more than our compost piles can handle all at once.

Get ideas on what to do with excess leaves.

Enjoy fall color on some blueberry varieties. 

See more tips for December.

Asian citrus psyllid (Diaphorina citri) and Huanglongbing disease. The tiny insect damages citrus fruit but of more importance, it can transmit a deadly citrus disease.  For more:

• Pest Note
• Powerpoint presentation by Beth Grafton-Cardwell

Brown marmorated stink bugs (BMSB) (Halyomorpha halys) have invaded several areas in Sacramento County.