Winter is time to plant fruit trees
Winter is planting time for most fruit trees in the Central Valley. The widest selection of varieties is available in January. Local plant nurseries recently received shipments of peach, nectarine,...
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Gardening classes at Clovis adult education
Two gardening classes start this week at Clovis Adult Education. Vegetable gardening has been a very popular class. Previous students are growing fabulous, productive winter gardens now. Sprouts and...
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The best trees for Fresno and Clovis.
Trees add value to property and quality to our lives. In California’s central valley, a good shade tree is especially valuable. Shade makes any yard, formal or casual, inviting in our hot summers. The...
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Spring Garden Events in Fresno and Clovis
Spring gardening events provide for colorful, casual and fun socializing. Spring is arriving in Fresno and there are several events coming up.The Plant Give and Take is Saturday, March 10, 9 am to 12...
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Plant Sale at Fresno State Greenhouse
St Patrick’s Day offers a great chance to get your vegetable plants and support the CSU Fresno Horticulture program. The spring plant sale is Saturday, March 17, 2012 from 8 a.m. to 12 noon. The...
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Celebrate Fresno Earth Day 2012
Celebrate Earth Day at the Unitarian Univeralist Church on Saturday, April 14 from 11 am to 4 pm. Tour the Alluvial Community Garden Plots and enjoy gardening workshops. Gardening workshops include:...
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Water-Wise Plant Exchange
Another great garden related event this weekend! The Water-wise plant exchange at California State University, Fresno, is a festive event. Located at the Nursery NE corner of Chestnut and Barstow,...
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Caruthers Garden Club Plant Sale
Saturday provides an opportunity to support a small town Garden Club. The Caruthers Garden club is having a plant sale on May 6, from 7 am to 2 pm, on Tahoe St. in the middle of town. ...
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Dreaming of homegrown tomatoes?
Tomatoes, fresh sweet corn, squash enough to share, fresh green beans, and crisp cucumbers from your own garden are right around the corner. Don’t forget pepper and eggplant! Should the garden...
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Vegetables to grow in containers
Container Vegetable Gardening Are you thinking of growing some vegetables in a container? Living in an apartment? Perhaps your past container gardens were not all you had hoped? Container gardening...
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Cactus show and sale in Clovis
Succulents are the ideal porch plant for Fresno and Clovis. Succulents are plants that store water in fleshy leaves or stems. Succulents are in many different taxonomic groups, or plant families....
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Time to smell the roses (Photos)
Sometimes gardeners are so busy with weeding, planting, trimming and tending that we forget to stop and enjoy the flowers. Spring brings out the blooms. Sweet peas, roses, foxglove, dill, iris and...
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Course in water savvy gardening offered at Clovis Adult Education
What is green landscaping? Isn’t all landscape green? Not necessarily. Some conventional landscapes require continuing inputs of water, fertilizer, herbicides, mowing, blowing and trimming. It is...
View ArticleGardening event of the year this Saturday (Photos)
Fresno Master Gardeners Spring Garden tour is Saturday, April 27. Always a fabulous event, this year promises to be spectacular, with an additional garden included. Expect to see Fresno at its best;...
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