Food Growing And Gardening

Asparagus is a perennial plant that can produce for years if grown with care. Choose a site in full sun and prepare the soil well. The plants send up 5-foot tall, ferny growth over the summer, so plant them where they won't undesirably shade other plants. Asparagus plants will be either male or female. The…

Find a video and additional resources to have a food garden in Sonoma County with limited available water, with tips to scale planting to your family’s likes and needs, and apply water-wise strategies to your vegetable garden.

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Spring Garden Fair Herbs. Listed are the herb seedlings that we will be offering. Many of these, especially the basils, are very popular and may sell out early.

Okra grows on tall, bushy plants with ornamental leaves and flowers. The red varieties are particularly dramatic in the garden. Both the air temperature and the ground must be warm for heat loving okra to thrive.

Mâche, Valerianella locusta, is a small, tender salad green, also called corn salad or lamb's lettuce. It is popular in Europe but not well known here. It grows in little rosettes and has a mild, slightly nutty flavor.

UC Central Sierra programming includes virtual and on-line training as well as in-person classes and workshops in Amador, Calaveras, El Dorado, and Tuolumne Counties.

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Join us for these great gardening talks and get your questions answered afterward. Talks will be held outdoors on our parcel. Most will last about 45 minutes. Let our free Plant Sitting booth watch your purchases while you attend talks or visit the gardens.

Start slip production in February–March Transplant to garden May–June Sweet potatoes are grown from 'slips' (sprouts from a sweet potato). Due to pest quarantines, most nursery companies cannot ship slips to California.