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Lifetime Master Gardener Fred Hoffman is the host of the "KFBK Garden Show"
on 1530-AM/92.5-FM KFBK in Sacramento, California each Sunday morning from
8:30 a.m. to 10 a.m. Pacfic Time, followed by "Get Growing" on Talk 650 KSTE
in Sacramento, 10 a.m. to Noon.
And, you can listen to the shows, live, via the KFBK.com and KSTE.com websites.
Available as podcasts!
Previous editions of "The KFBK Garden Show" and "Get Growing".
Podcast links for Itunes users: KFBK Garden Show and Get Growing
Southern Sacramento and Northern San Joaquin County gardeners can also
get current gardening information from Fred in his Saturday gardening column
in the Lodi News-Sentinel.; also available at the Farmer Fred Rant! Blog page.
UPCOMING
GUESTS
ON THE "KFBK GARDEN SHOW" &
"GET
GROWING"
Dec. 8:
Debbie Flower, Horticulture
Dept. American River
College:
"Dealing with Frost and Freeze in the Garden".
Robert
Kourik, author:
"Roots Demystified". Cedar Seeger -
Four
Winds Growers:
"Frost Protection Tips for Citrus"
A
Clue for the Garden
Grappler!
Caller 5 in
this week's Garden Grappler wins a Master Gardener
Calendar AND a Meyer lemon tree with frost cover
from Four
Winds Growers!
Visit
the Farmer
Fred Rant Blog Page
for
These Garden Tips and More:
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Vegetables:
Interactive
Vegetable Planting
Calendar
Planting
Your First Vegetable Garden? Some
Tips
Will
Those Green Tomatoes Turn Red This
Fall?
Before
You Plant, Check the Soil
Temperature
Make
Your Own Planting Mix
Starting
Tomatoes, Peppers From
Seed
More
Tips on Starting Tomatoes from
Seed
Pepper
Seeds Slow to Germinate? Some
Tips
Heirloom
Vegetables Are Better For
You
Tomato
Troubleshooter
Crop
Rotation Plan for the Home
Garden
Crop
Rotation for the Garden, Pt.
2
The
Hazards of Overfeeding Your
Plants
Hand-Pollinating
Squash Plants
How
to Grow Giant Pumpkins
Grow
Your Own Popcorn
Fruits:
Avocado
Trees for Sacramento? A
Guide
Frost/Freeze
Protection Ideas for
Citrus
Choosing
and Planting Bare Root Fruit
Trees
Mulch
Under a Citrus Tree: Pros and
Cons
Bareroot
Fruit Tree Shopping? Buyer
Beware!
Harvest
Fruits By Look and Feel, Not the
Calendar
Know
Your Fruit Tree
Rootstocks
Growing
Blueberries in
Container
Anatomy
of a Professional Fruit
Tasting
Why
Are the Blackberries Turning
White?
Bad
Bugs, Diseases, Weeds:
Why
are Blackberries Turning
White?
Ants!
A
Cure for the Cherry
Maggot?
Controlling
Snails and Slugs
Peach
Leaf Curl: It's Back!
Battling
Peach Leaf Curl
Battling
Sooty Mold & Scale on
Citrus
Controlling
Fungus Gnats on
Houseplants
Crane
Flies vs. Mosquitoes
Leaf
Spot Problem? Here's What to
Do
Cat
Proofing Your Garden
Yellowjacket
Fun Facts! Control Tips,
Too
Weedkillers:
Read the Label!
ETC.
How
To Find Garden Answers
Online
Garden
Shoes...or Gardening
Shoes?
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The
Garden Good Guys:
Plants
that Attract Beneficial
Insects
Bring
on the Bees!
Plants
to Attract Pollinating
Insects
This
Blog is for the Birds
The
Good Bug Hotel
What's
Killing the Bees? A New Study Offers
Clues
Landscaping,
Lawns, Flowers
Watering
Tips for Drip
Irrigation
A
Tour of Maple Rock
Gardens
The
Heart-Healthy Garden
Plants
for Privacy
The
Cure for Non-Performing
Daffodils
WELO
is coming. Start Planning to Save Water
Now
Plants
Wilting in the Heat? Check Before You
Water
Water-Saving
Tips For Your Yard
Get
Rid of Your Lawn with Soil
Solarization
How
to Kill Your Lawn in 2 Easy
Steps
Droopy
Plants on a Hot Day. Water...or
Not?
Trees
and Shrubs
How
To Stake a New Tree
Holy
Jumping Oak Galls,
Batman!
Fall
& Winter:
What
to Do AFTER a Hard
Freeze
What
to Do When a Hard Freeze is
Forecast
New
Year's Resolutions for
Gardeners
Persimmons:
THE Edible Ornamental of
Fall
Innovative
Peach Leaf Curl
Controls
Frost,
Freezes Ahead. Get Your Yard
Ready
After
a Freeze, What Should a Gardener
Do?
Fall-Winter
Houseplant Care Tips
Drain
the Rain Away from the House &
Garden
Get
Your Garden Storm-Ready
What
to Do in Your Yard AFTER the
Storm
Tips
for the Fall-Winter Vegetable
Garden
Add
Color for the Cold, Gray Days of
Winter
Winter
Storms and Trees: Inspect Them
Now!
How
to Grow Oak Trees from
Acorns
What
NOT to do in the Garden in
Fall
Dead
Foliage Now? Leaf it
Alone!
Problem
Plants
Have
Horses? Avoid These
Plants!
Safe
Plants for You, But They're Poison to Your
Pets
Mistletoe
Control Tips
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Garden Data
(thru Dec. 7, 2013)
Avg. evapotranspiration rate this past
week : .40" valley; .35" foothills.
Soil Temperature: 49 (F) valley.
51 (F) foothills. 50 (F) upper foothills.
Click Here for more
Information about soil temperature and evapotranspiration
rates
Chilling
hours (hours at 45 degrees or
less, necessary for deciduous fruit tree production, from
Nov.-Feb.)
2013-2014 Chill Season, Nov. 1 - Dec.
7:
Valley (Sac., SJ, Yolo, Sutter,
Solano Cos.): 170-320 hours
Foothills (Amador, El Dorado,
Placer Cos.): 127-280 hours
2012-2013 Chill Season Totals: VALLEY: 1028-1325
hours; FOOTHILLS: 877-1863 hours
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Wondering when is the right
time to plant? The online Farmer
Fred Interactive Vegetable Planting
Calendar for
Northern & Central California is for you!
Click on each vegetable for
specific planting information.
Also,
download the
printable planting calendar!
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Looking for lists and pictures of
plants that don't require much water? Go to:
Water-Wise
Gardening Websites
This is a project
undertaken in conjunction with the municipalities and water
districts in many California locales. The website has a
wealth
of local residential
photography and plant information to help the homeowner
improve their garden in a water efficient
way.
Sacramento, El Dorado
and Placer residents: click on the link -
Be
Water Smart
.
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Find a Green
Gardener-certified landscaper near
you: http://www.ecolandscape.org/programGG/GreenGardenerRefList.html
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UPCOMING
EVENTS
Saturday, January 26,
2013
Free Tree Pruning Clinic
1:00pm to 2:30pm, Belle
Cooledge Library, 5600 South Land Park Drive, Sacramento,
95822
Learn how to help your
trees develop good structure and form. A variety of pruning
tools will be presented and discussed. There will be a
walkabout on library grounds to look at tree structure and
pruning. For more information, visit www.sactree.com/events.
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