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 Need help with a school garden? Here are some useful resources for creating, using, and maintaining school gardens. Whether you are a teacher, administrator, parent, or anyone else who is involved in a school garden, we hope you will find what you need here.We can also offer…

Use our free Plant Daycare for your purchases, then join us for these great gardening talks and get your questions answered afterward. Talks are held outdoors on our parcel and will be about 45 minutes long.

When to plant: Blackberries / Raspberries: mid-January–March Strawberries: late August (summer plantings) or late October (winter plantings) Harvest window: May–September, depending on the variety Fertilization: Nitrogen in spring, additional applications as needed.

Garden Help > Monthly TipsMonthly tips are categorized by To-Dos, What to Plant, or Pests and Diseases. Scroll through the list to see items in each category. Also, refer to our list of tips useful for any month.To-DosPests and DiseasesWhat to PlantTo-Dos: OctoberAlmond and Walnut Harvest Apple and Pear…

Best seeded under cool and moist conditions in the spring. Harvest when good sized but still tender. Can be stored in the ground during the cool season for harvesting as needed. If left in the ground too long, they may get woody or bolt (send up a flower stalk).

Transplant: February–April, September–October (possibly November) Direct seed: March–April (possibly February), September–October (possibly November) If growing from seed for transplants, allow 4 weeks to be ready. Harvest spinach as soon as the leaves are large enough to use.

This corn trial was performed in the summer of 2007 at our Nine Palms project location (no longer in use). Under challenging weather conditions, Silver Queen and Peaches & Cream ranked highest among the four corns tested. Golden Bantam is not recommended.

Belgian endive can be successfully grown in Santa Clara County as a cool weather green. The plants need to be started in the summer. In late fall, they are harvested, trimmed, and transplanted into damp sand where they are kept cool and dark. Six plants will yield weekly salad greens from December through…

Seed Saving Basics Beans and Peas Cucumbers Eggplant Lettuce Okra Peppers/chiles Squash and Pumpkins Tomatoes Biennial Vegetables Flowers Herbs See Seed Saving Basics for general information on saving seeds. Type: Easy, self-pollinated before flowers open.

Many fruit varieties require a certain amount of winter cold, measured in chill hours, in order to grow well, set flowers, and produce a good crop. Since the Bay Area no longer gets as much winter chill as it has in the past, older fruit trees may not be as productive as they have been in the past.