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Sacramento County will hold Master Gardener training in 2025.

Applications are available online now till October 10. Visit our Training page for details.

It's here! 

Our 2025 edition is on sale now.

For only $12 (plus postage) you can have a whole year of gardening advice delivered to your door.

Video library of gardening topics.
Publications. Enjoy!
Facebook updated every day.
YouTube Channel with all the past Virtual Harvest Days and Master Gardener videos.

Snap a pic of your problem plant or mystery bug and email it to the Help Desk: mgsacramento@ucanr.edu

Pomegranates are ripening. Try to pick them before rain causes cracks in the skin. 

See more October orchard activities.

It’s not too late to plant cool-season vegetables. Check the October column of our Vegetable Planting Chart (PDF). Visit garden stores for plants.

This is the month to harvest pumpkins and winter squash for cooking and for fall decorations.  Harvest after the vines have dried and before the first frost. 

October is the time to eat grapes and inspect plants for leaf problems.

The end of the summer vegetable garden can provide the beginnings of a beautiful compost pile. Put only disease- and pest-free plants and vegetables in the pile.

Are manures right for the compost pile?

Want a better blueberry crop next year?  Watch our video explaining how to test and amend soil pH.

Fertilize all berries this month. See more berry tips for October.

Pineapple sage blooms late in summer just when hummingbirds (and humans) need a bright pop of color and delightful fragrance.

This highly destructive insect has been confirmed in Sacramento County, Rancho Cordova. See quarantine boundaries.

Report suspected finds to the Sacramento County Agricultural Commissioner office or call the California Department of Food and Agriculture's Pest Hotline at 1 (800) 491-1899.

Read more on the Oriental fruit fly from Sacramento County.

November, 2023

This highly destructive insect has been confirmed in Sacramento County areas of Arden-Arcade and Rancho Cordova.

Report suspected finds to the Sacramento County Agricultural Commissioner office or call the California Department of Food and Agriculture's Pest Hotline at 1 (800) 491-1899.

Read more on the Japanese beetle from UC IPM.

March, 2022

The Asian citrus psyllid has been found in Sacramento causing a County-wide quarantine. The tiny insect damages citrus fruit but of more importance, it can transmit the deadly citrus disease Huanglongbing (HLB) or citrus greening.  For more:

• Pest Note
• Report Finds

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