It's not too late to plant pumpkins! If you plant them now, you'll have pumpkins ready in time for Halloween and Thanksgiving. It takes 95-110 days for a pumpkin to go from seed to fruit, depending on the variety. Although many gardeners plant pumpkin seeds in May, you can also plant them in June.
The UC Cooperative Extension Master Gardeners are giving Vermicomposting Classes in June that will be fun for the WHOLE family! Vermicomposting is the process of using red wiggler worms* to help eat kitchen scraps.
A Lavender Experience Workshop is being held on Saturday, June 22, 2024. Apologies for the date confusion. Please see our blog post for information and sign up links at https://ucanr.edu/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.
Lavenders (Lavendula spp.) are lovely plants with colorful flowers often in purple shades with a distinctive scent. A common sight in many gardens, it is generally easy to grow, and is a magnet for pollinators such as honeybees, bumblebees, butterflies, and hoverflies.
After the wet weather we had earlier this month, you may have noticed an interesting (some might say disgusting) looking substance in your garden or landscape. We've had several calls from clients saying it is growing in their gardens.
If you ask me what the one plant you should plant in your garden is, my response would likely be salvia. A favorite of mine, technically, salvia is not just one plant, but a group of well over a hundred plants in the Lamiaceae (mint) family.
#GivingDay is here! Thursday May 16 at noon through Friday, May 17 until 11:59 a.m., 2024 is UC ANR #GivingDay. If you've done any of the following, please consider making a donation to our program.
Has our program made a difference in your life? If you've attended one of our classes at a local library or garden club, gained information from reading a Sprout article, or asked a question of our Help Line, please consider making a donation to our program.
General outlook After a brief spike in temperatures over the last few days, with highs in the low to middle 80s F, a more unsettled and cooler pattern will return for the coming week, including a chance of localized rain showers on Saturday.
You may have noticed swarms of flying insects landing on your roses, calla lillies, hydrangeas, and other flowers. If you look closely, you'll see the insect inside the flower, and the chewing damage on the petals.
