GARDENING
CONTAINER GARDENING
"Mary, Mary...
How Does Your Garden Grow?"
container gardening e-letter
by Mary Crowell.
FALL LEAVES: Make Compost
Recycle your leaves
to benefit your garden and keep the landfills.
What Is Mycorrhizae?
A
short intoduction to the new name for an old, beneficial
garden relationship.
Companion Planting Is A Necessity
Companion Planting as
Community Planting
FLOWERS
Agapanthus
California Poppy
Our state flower
VEGETABLES
OTHER TOPICS
Garden Clubs Are About Gardening
Being a member of a garden club helps you learn about what grows well in your neighborhood. Educational programs on a wide variety of horticulture topics are offered as well as information on a variety of subjects. Click here to view tips on growing roses and other garden subjects.
Learn how to propagate plants for your own garden as well as the club's plant sale; learn how to choose the right tree for a specific spot in your garden; learn about plants that may be beautiful but deadly and learn about garden safety. Whether you've been gardening for many years or just discovered the joys of gardening, you can learn from featured programs, activities and events as well as each other simply by joining a garden club.
Horticulture Notes
Hints & Tips from California Gardeners
Special e-letters:
Garden Patch Pointers
A growing collection of pointers on all aspects of gardening by well-known Master Gardener, Robert H. Schuler and his wife Hoberley.
Rose Notes
Noted Rosarian Jolene Adams shares rose tips and expertise with us.
Veggie News
Sharon Smith give us the latest news and tips on growing and preparing all sorts of fresh vegetables you can grow yourself.
Gardening Tidbits
- Do
NOT prune eucalyptus trees from April through October. The eucalyptus
borer is decimating entire eucalyptus groves throughout California. The
adult beetle is most active during these months seeking out pruning wounds
and freshly cut firewood.
-from the newsletter of the Monrovia Garden Club
- Climbing roses will flower more profusely if you train them to
follow a horizontal line along a trellis or frame while the canes are
still young and supple. Form an arch by fastening the end of a cane to
a peg in the ground (or hang a rock from the cane) to encourage even more
blooms.
-from “Green Thumb”, the newsletter of the Southern California Garden Club
- As the weather warms, whitefly infestation increases. To make your
own sticky traps, take bright yellow index cards, punch a hole in the
top and then spread a thin layer of petoleum jelly on both sides of the
card. Hang with a twistie or string in areas that have high infestations.
Change cards as needed.
-from the newsletter of the Conejo Valley Organic Garden & Herb Society
- A quick and easy way to temporarily stake plants growing up a wooden fence or post is to employ push- pins from a bulletin board. Stick a push-pin into the wood on each side of the vine. Stretch a wide rubber ban across the pins. Make sure the rubber band isn’t too tight or it will break the tender shoots.This will support the vine until it can twine and support itself. The pins can then be easily removed.
-submitted by Gudy Kimmel
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