Master Gardener volunteers are here to help you and your garden.
Have a question about gardening? Call the local Garden Helpline at 650-726-9059 x 107 or email mgvhelpline@ucdavis.edu.
Have a question about gardening? Call the local Garden Helpline at 650-726-9059 x 107 or email mgvhelpline@ucdavis.edu.
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UCCE Master Gardeners of San Mateo and San Francisco Counties This sunny day is a good time to plant sweet peas. They grow easily from seed, planted from now until January. Soak the seeds in water overnight to speed sprouting, then plant them near a trellis or fence. In the spring, you'll have lovely fragrant bouquets!
UCCE Master Gardeners of San Mateo and San Francisco Counties If you're lucky enough to have access to a fruiting olive tree, check out this UC article on curing olives. It's easy - and a jar of olives is an interesting and delicious gift.
Source: ucanr.org
UCCE Master Gardeners of San Mateo and San Francisco Counties it's definitely fall! If you have automated sprinklers in your yard, be sure to reset them for cool weather now.
Megan Speckmann I'm working on a class project where we plan to plant a butterfly garden in relatively large containers at a school. Full sun and in San Francisco. Any plant recommendations? Natives? Thanks!
UCCE Master Gardeners of San Mateo and San Francisco Counties
Our friends at CSM offer the ONLY college classes in horticulture offered in San Mateo County. Their Horticulture Department is facing deep cuts. Please consider enrolling in one of the spring courses: Landscape Design (Thursday evenings) or Floral Arranging (Saturday mornings).
More info at collegeofsanmateo.edu.
UCCE Master Gardeners of San Mateo and San Francisco Counties Greens will grow great in his cool fall weather: plant your lettuce, arugula, and spinach seeds this weekend and you'll be enjoying fresh salads before you know it.
UCCE Master Gardeners of San Mateo and San Francisco Counties MG Dalia Wood planted this lovely Black Jack fig less than a year ago — and it's thriving in the wine barrel. It's one of many fruit trees that grow well in containers. This is a great solution if you have limited yard space.
UCCE Master Gardeners of San Mateo and San Francisco Counties Those voracious little cabbage moth larvae are out in force right now - for management tips, check out this blog post from Master Gardener State Director, Pam Geisel.
Source: ucanr.org
You take a few days off from the garden and all of a sudden it becomes a battle ground between you and the various insect pests that invade....I noted that there were numerous holes in my once perfect ...
UCCE Master Gardeners of San Mateo and San Francisco Counties We love lavender - it's pretty, drought-tolerant, and smells wonderful. Here's a great article on lavender in California, including how to grow, propagate, and harvest this lovely perennial.
Source: ucanr.org
Lavender is a delightful and useful garden plant. It can be used as a drought-tolerant low hedge, a specimen plant, a cut flower, and an herb that provides a fragrant addition to many herbal projects.
UCCE Master Gardeners of San Mateo and San Francisco Counties
Is the rain driving ants into your home? Try sponging them up with soapy water. Plugging up entryways with caulk or petroleum jelly will help keep them out.
For tips about managing ants, check out this UC Pest Note.
Source: www.ipm.ucdavis.edu
UC home and landscape guidelines for control of Ants.
UCCE Master Gardeners of San Mateo and San Francisco Counties
The SF Botanical Garden is a great place to visit on a lovely fall day - and they have a bunch of neat classes. This Saturday, they're offering a class in fall pruning. http://www.sfbotanicalgardensociety.org/
UCCE Master Gardeners of San Mateo and San Francisco Counties
Fall is apple season! Store fresh apples in your refrigerator crisper
drawer. Keep them separate from vegetables – apples release small amounts of ethylene gas that can damage lettuce and other produce.
UCCE Master Gardeners of San Mateo and San Francisco Counties invites you to bring your sick plants to our Plant Clinic at the San Mateo Arboretum this Sunday. Master Gardener volunteers will offer diagnosis and help from 11:30 - 1 at the Kohl Pumphouse, on the east side of San Mateo's Central Park.
UCCE Master Gardeners of San Mateo and San Francisco Counties Despite the fact that it looks like rain today, water conservation continues to be essential. You can calculate your "water footprint" - and find conservation ideas - with this handy water calculator.
Source: www.h2oconserve.org
H2O Conserve is the online water conservation information center. Get info, tips and calculate your water use here!
UCCE Master Gardeners of San Mateo and San Francisco Counties We'll be at the EPA Farmer's Market this Saturday, 2-5pm, answering gardening questions. Check out the market and come say hi!
Source: www.epafarmersmarket.org
sábado, 2pm a 5pm, Municipalidad & Biblioteca2415 University Avenue [mapa]Aceptamos EBT, y los cheques de WIC y ancianos
