Spill the Beans Blog
Spill the Beans Blog
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Rose Garden Corral – September 2024
September in the Master Gardeners' Rose Cycle chart (https://napamg.ucanr.edu/files/254549.pdf) has us continuing deadheading and cleaning out any suckers that grow up from the root ball. They generally do not produce any blooms, but they deplete...
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Heat Stress in the Rose Garden Corral
It has been a great summer, the monster rainfall of this past winter and spring a distant memory, and the yard looks wonderful in May and June. You are pumped up about how well your gardening skills have developed. You are getting a sore shoulder from...
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Rose Garden Corral - August 2024
August in the Master Gardener's Rose Cycle chart (https://napamg.ucanr.edu/files/254549.pdf) indicates we have a lot of deadheading to do on our 50 bushes. In addition, ideally we should add some fresh mulch around the trunk out to the drip line of the...
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Spare the Pain with a Raised Bed Planter
Riddle Time:What goes out more than teenagers? My back. What do Rice Krispies ™ and my knees have in common? They go “Snap, Crackle and Pop” when used. Do you give friends, at a moment of excitement, “Medium 5s ”...
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Rose Garden Corral - July 2024
In the Master Gardener's Rose Cycle, July is when we fertilize lightly with organic products if needed. Deadheading continues and pruning of crossing branches or dying canes are a must. We also monitor our irrigation systems for the proper amount of...