Master Gardener Monthly Newsletter
November 2021
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Lawn Be Gone!
Bay Area Water Supply & Conservation Agency (BAWSCA)
Save water by removing your grass. Replace your lawn with a beautiful, drought-tolerant landscape and receive a rebate of up to $4 per sq. ft. Add a Rain Garden to your project and earn an additional $300 rebate. The Rain Garden rebate program is an optional program for water customers of the water agencies who participate in the Lawn Be Gone! program. In order to qualify for the Rain Garden rebate, applicants must apply to the Lawn Be Gone! rebate program. Note: Foster City/EMID and Hillsborough do not participate in the Rain Garden rebate program. Rebates are available to customers of participating BAWSCA member agencies. To receive the rebate, you must submit an application and receive a Notice to Proceed from your water provider before removing your lawn. Read more. |
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Fall Vegetable Garden
Grow Organic Peaceful Valley
Some cool season crops like spinach won't germinate if the soil is too warm, in fact it needs to be below 75 degrees. Some of the vegetables that are great for the fall are kohlrabi, beets, carrrots, endive, greens, broccoli and spinach. View video.
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Getting to Know Your Soil - Part 2
UC Master Gardeners via Zoom
Sponsored by Lyngso Gardening Materials
October 13, 2021, 1:00pm-3:00pm
Come join us in the second part of the 2-part series on “Getting to Know Your Soil.” There will be short review of Part 1, then dive deeper into the living organisms in your garden including the microbes. You will learn how these creatures, plants and sunlight interact, and there will be a discussion of the basic chemical processes in photosynthesis and in nutrient cycling. Registration required.
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Container Gardening
UC Master Gardeners via Zoom
Sponsored by the San Mateo County Libraries
October 21, 2021, 4:00pm-5:30pm
Learn how to grow almost anything in a container: flowers, vegetables, shrubs, succulents, and citrus. You will be guided through every aspect of successful container gardening, starting with what to consider before buying a plant, to on-going maintenance for long term enjoyment. Registration required.
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San Mateo Arboretum Plant Clinic
UC Master Gardeners
San Mateo Central Park, Kohl Pump House
101 9th Avenue San Mateo, CA
November 7, 2021, 11:00am-2:00pm
From a table stocked with reference materials, the public is assisted with plant and gardening questions. This plant clinic is held on the first Sunday of each month, February through November, but if that date falls on a holiday weekend, the plant clinic is held on the second Sunday. No registration required.
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Houseplant Happy Hour
UC Master Gardeners via Zoom
October 27, 2021, 1:00pm-2:00pm
Do you want houseplants but don’t know which to buy? Do you own houseplants but don’t know how to take care of them? Or maybe your houseplants just don’t look like they’re doing so great. If this sounds like you, join us for the inaugural Houseplant Happy Hour where a panelist of Master Gardeners of San Mateo and San Francisco Counties will answer all of your houseplant questions. No houseplant question is too big or small. Bring your potted friends so we can diagnose and solve all your houseplant problems. Registration required.
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Pumpkin Succulent Decorating Workshop
UC Master Gardeners
Gardening Education Center at the
San Mateo County Event Center next to the
Jockey Club, 2495 S. Delaware, San Mateo, CA
November 6, 2021, 10:00am-12:00pm
Join us outdoors at the Gardening Education Center for our first holiday class of the year. Get ready for the holidays and learn how to make beautiful succulent centerpieces with pumpkins. We will provide pumpkins, moss, succulents, plant material and all the tools you need. Using basic centerpiece design principles, you will learn how to arrange and display your unique creation. Participants will leave with a beautiful piece of living art to wow guests, family, and friends. Registration includes a $40 materials fee, which includes a pumpkin. Parking is free. Registration is required.
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Secrets to Successful Succulent Landscaping
UC Master Gardeners via Zoom
November 18, 2021, 4:00pm-5:30pm
Learn the secrets to a successful, healthy and colorful succulent landscape. The discussion will include pre-planting considerations before you go out and buy a truckload of plants and then ponder where to put them. You will be provided garden design basics that include use of color, shapes, textures and heights, along with a examples of hardy landscape succulents for the Bay Area, and ideas on how to care and maintain your succulents for a year-long healthy and colorful landscape. Registration required.
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Spring and Summer Bulbs
Garden Design
Bulbs are little packets of flower power that make us wait weeks, sometimes months, for results, but they are worth it. The term “bulb” often refers not only to true bulbs, but also plants with tuberous roots, tubers, corms, and rhizomes. With a little basic knowledge, anyone can grow beautiful bulbs. Read more.
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PLANT PROBLEM DIAGNOSTIC TOOL
Choose the affected plant from photos displayed, click on the photo, remove any selections that do not apply, click on the plant names, and continue to filter selections to view the results for a possible diagnoses. Learn more.
GARDENING RESOURCES
Select links to access gardening resources, California Backyard Orchard, Integrated Pest Management (IPM), publications, and finding a local Master Gardener program. Learn more.
ARBORETUM ALL-STARS
Do you need help picking plants for your sustainable home garden? Selecting from the “Arboretum All-Stars” list is an easy way to start making “green” choices for your great looking garden. Arboretum All-Stars are top plants recommended by the horticultural staff of the UC Davis Arboretum. They thrive in California’s Mediterranean climate and have qualities that make them great choices for sustainable home gardens. Use a searchable plant database to pick the perfect All-Star for your garden conditions. For more information, view their website.
MONTHLY GARDEN CHECKLIST
Find helpful hints of things to do from January to December. Some examples of spring hints are: prune back herbaceous plants, transplant tomato seedlings, work your cover crops into the soil before they seed, remove aphids from plants with a strong stream of water, start planting summer annuals like lobelia, begonias, marigolds, cosmos, petunias, snapdragons and alyssum, and plant gladiolus, dahlias and lilies for summer blooms. View our monthly checklist.
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