http://www.garden.org/regional/report/current/4 en-us http://www.garden.org/regional/report/arch/3253 After that blistering heat of late September, we begin to notice that the garden is growing slower this month. After hot and frantic summer harvests and preserving, we, too, can be calmer in our garden activities. We concentrate on keeping summer...
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Resources

• Mum Show and Sale
• Plastic or Glass Cloches?

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Reminders

• When to Harvest Winter Squash
• Lightly Trim Roses
• Plant Fall Color
• Hurry to Buy Spring-Blooming Bulbs
• Plant Ground Covers as Spring Green Manure

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]]> http://www.garden.org/regional/report/arch/3252 If leafhoppers, leafminers, and mites have been enjoying your garden, you will already have seen the damage and so can plan for next year's hot weather that they love so much. Loopers and worms may plague the crops you'll be planting shortly for a...
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Resources

• Easy Native Plant Gardening
• Grow Garlic!

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Reminders

• Plant Cole Crops A Bit Deeply
• Dry Your Own Flowers
• Subtropical Fruit Overwinter Feeding
• Repotted Herbs
• Lawn Reseeding

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]]> http://www.garden.org/regional/report/arch/3235 September's mildness makes just about any gardening tasks pleasant. The soil and air are warm but not overly hot. Fresh summer produce is still delicious, but production is slowing down. Garden tasks center around cleaning up the old garden and...
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Resources

• Pumpkinmania!
• Garbage Can Covers As Weed Collectors

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Reminders

• Fertilize Strawberries
• Self-Seeding Herbs
• Indoor Herbs
• Feed Citrus
• Last Rose Pruning, Feeding

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]]> http://www.garden.org/regional/report/arch/3234 Earwigs, flea beetles, and grasshoppers are the next set of insects that may plague our gardens. Earwigs PROBLEM: Earwigs eat decaying vegetation. SOLUTION: Most earwigs feed on other insects and are thus beneficial. When they become too...
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Resources

• California Native and Fall Plant Sale
• Hose as Insect Deterrent

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Reminders

• Keep Seedbeds Moist
• Pinch New Blossoms
• Fragrant Sweet Peas
• Transplant Shrubs and Trees
• Plant Iris, Daylily, Lily

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]]> http://www.garden.org/regional/report/arch/3207 August's garden bounty can be too much, just enough, or too little; but it's always a starting point in determining what to plant -- or what not to plant -- next time around. Now you know from experience that the whole packet of zucchini seeds -- or...
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Resources

• Salvia Spectacular Plant Sale
• Sunflowers for Both Gardeners and Birds

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Reminders

• Allow Last Veggie Blooms
• Last Fertilizer for Berries
• Fruit Tree Attention
• Last Fruit Tree Feeding
• Root Cuttings for New Plants

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]]> http://www.garden.org/regional/report/arch/3206 Now we get down to specific nasties which may be plaguing our gardens. However, remember that all critters are just doing "their jobs" to survive, so many times it's more successful for us as gardeners to reconsider their natural bent as something...
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Resources

• Cover Crops
• Garden Colander

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Reminders

• Feed Veggies
• Melon Attention
• Keep Picking!
• Harvest Early
• Red Spider Mites Love the Heat

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]]> http://www.garden.org/regional/report/arch/3170 Assuming air temperatures in the high 80s, you can indeed transplant more color into the garden. Some choices include fibrous begonia, calendula (pot and winter marigold), chrysanthemums, crape myrtles, dahlias, daylilies, delphiniums,...
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Resources

• 8th Annual Heirloom Tomato Tasting
• Pliers as Weeders

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Reminders

• Think Overwintering Veggies!
• Hot-Weather Germination
• No More Corn Planting
• Summer Watering
• Fertilize A Bit

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]]> http://www.garden.org/regional/report/arch/3168 Welcoming and providing for beneficial insect predators in your garden is a wise move. There are limitations to the value of purchasing adult predators, however. Once they've eaten their fill soon after release in your garden, they'll often leave to...
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Resources

• Rose Care Using Sustainable Methods
• Chicken Wire Trellis Rack

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Reminders

• Help Melons Ripen
• Thirsty Tomatoes
• Onion and Garlic Slumping
• Painting Tree Trunks
• Mulch, Mulch, Mulch!

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]]> http://www.garden.org/regional/report/arch/3161 July is usually a month of opposites in the garden. Summer's heat is upon us, and we're harvesting crops; but fall's cool weather is around the corner, and we should begin planning the cool-weather garden. But this year is different. Although it may...
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Resources

• Insect Festival
• Nursery Containers as Irrigation Wells

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Reminders

• Pinching Herbs
• Transplanting Veggies
• Hot-Weather Transplanting Tips
• Adding Manure Between Crops
• Mowing: High and Sharp

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]]> http://www.garden.org/regional/report/arch/3136 "Oh, yuck! Those crummy bugs are all over my beautiful veggies, and do those poor plants look sick!" Has this wail and lament come to your garden yet? As long as there have been nasty critters and diseases that seem to appear spontaneously...
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Resources

• Lawn: Not New, But Essential for Some
• Refreshing Facecloth

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Reminders

• Plant the Last of the Corn
• Put Manure On Some Veggies Only
• Don't Remove Corn Suckers
• Put Bird Netting On Fruit Trees
• Give Roses Attention

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]]> http://www.garden.org/regional/report/arch/3135 Everything in my garden is growing grandly, with daytime and evening temperatures comfortable for people as well as plants. Beets are deliciously sweet. Tomatoes are full of blossoms and expanding fruits. Reseeded lettuce plants are providing salads...
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Resources

• 56th Annual Culver City Garden Club Annual Show & Plant Sale
• Milk Cartons for Blanching Celery Stems

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Reminders

• Efficient Vegetables
• Feed When Blooming
• No First Squash?
• Thin Fruits
• Pinch Bloomers

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