UCCE Master Gardener Orange County News

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Sally and Steve will discuss the differences between two primary forms of underground food storage systems. That boring, technical description is exactly what Bulbs (e.g., Amaryllis, Daffodil) and Corms (e.g., Gladiolus, Freesia) are and why they produce such glorious color every year.

Like YOU, the listeners of In the Garden with UC Master Gardeners. And best of all, it is FREE. It is rare that the public can visit the research center.

Those embers can smolder in an attic for hours and when you think you are safe, you find out that you are not! Be careful of drought-tolerant but highly flammable plantings. Mexican Feather Grass plantings and old palm fronds are prevalent in So Cal right now.

Plant your P's and harvest your Q's! Snap peas, Snow peas, or Sugar peas are your planting go-tos for edible peas! Plant Sweet peas, of course, for visual holiday color! If you are into the unusual and happen to have a Quince tree, now is the time to start harvesting and planning on how to prepare s...