Garden And Landscape Design

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Pruning Fruit tree
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Pruning Fruit Trees

Monthly Care | Plant Care | Fertilizing | Pruning | Propagating | Planting | Tools | Garden Sanitation | Health & Safety in the Garden     When & How to Prune Common Fruit Trees Special considerations for pruning fruit treesFruit trees merit their own special section on…
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Drip irrigation for healthy plants
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June: Water Wise Strategies

 As spring transitions into the dryer months of summer, now is the time to check and refine your irrigation system to keep your plants appropriately hydrated. Having healthy and hydrated plants is an important component of a Fire-smart Landscape. Healthy and hydrated plants:Are more difficult to…
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Garden Sense program of Sonoma County
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Garden Sense

Free home garden consultations to create a beautiful low water use garden offered by the UC Master Gardener Program of Sonoma County in partnership with Sonoma Water and the Sonoma-Marin Saving Water Partnership.
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Top 20 Garden Problems

Got pests or other problems and want to know how to manage them? Here are some of the most frequently asked about and most common plant problems and pests in Marin.
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Banner water on leaves
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Irrigation

Finding the right irrigation system for your garden is essential to saving our natural resources. Photo: Ivan Horvat, Pixabay Water is a precious resource; conserving it is a key to Earth-friendly gardening.
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Deer
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Deer-Resistant Plants

Deer tend to avoid plants that are smelly, wooly, prickly, or poisonous. Photo: Marie Narlock It's possible to have a lovely unfenced garden even if there are deer in your neighborhood.
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Central Sierra: El Dorado County | Master Gardener | Cottage Garden

The Sherwood Demo Garden is comprised of 16 individual gardens. There's never been a time when cottage gardening has been more relevant than it is today - it's small-scale, natural and organic, has a very positive effect on the environment and we can all do it ourselves. If, you're looking for plants that…
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Shrubs & Ornamentals

Deer-resistant PlantsDeer Resistant Plants for the Sierra Foothills (Zone 7) #31-113Water Efficient Plants/California Native Plants2022 Sum What Makes a Plant Drought TolerantAll-Stars in Your GardenCalifornia Native Plant & Pollinator Resources v4CG F21 Increasing Habitat with Native Ground CoversC...
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