Easy to Grow Fall Veggies for Beginner Gardeners
A handful of the easiest fall veggies to grow in zone 9b CA.
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Blog Posts
General gardening blog posts, questions, and info sharing for zone 9b in Sacramento, Rancho Cordova, and Folsom.
One Easy Transplanting Trick for Vegetable Gardens
Moving transplants to the garden bed can be challenging at times, but there is one little trick that I learned quite a few years ago from Debbie Flower when I took a horticulture class at ARC. (She was awesome! I was lucky to have her, the year I took the class was her final year
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Grow Lights Update 4.7.23
Want to know how my new grow lights are working? So far so good! Read on for more details and a direct link to the lights I purchased on Amazon.
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Super Easy To Install Grow Lights
Okay, so I finally did it. I don’t know what took me so long to do this, it’s a real game changer for me. If you are considering grow lights, I definitely recommend these, based purely off how easy they were to install. No this is not a sponsored post or ad or anything, I
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It’s Slug Fighting Time
It’s that time again! It’s rainy, wet, spring is almost here, and the slugs are going to be a much bigger problem later if I don’t get ahead of it now and start some preventative maintenance. Here is a link to my original post with more specific details. Beer Traps And here is a quick
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Garden Rats & Setting Traps
I’ve tried a whole bunch of different kinds of rat control over the years, and the classic snap traps just work the best for a number of reasons. (Side Note: Please DON’T use rat poison. It’s a whole thing, but steer clear of this one, trust me… I learned the hard way.) Here’s what works
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BEER TRAPS – Organic slug pest control
Having slug problems in the garden? I’ve seen beer traps get serious love, but also some serious hate. For some of us, they work great! But others remain slug infested and frustrated… even more so when the only thing they accomplished was to share their precious hard-earned beer with the enemy. I use slug traps
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Fall Planning!
Here we go! August is busy. My summer garden is in full swing and producing, but now is the time to get started on indoor fall seedlings, and prepping beds for planting. I recently expanded and added two more raised beds (separate post, coming soon…) so I have a lot of empty space to fill,
California Native Pollinators
Every veggie garden needs pollinator plants! These attract bees, butterflies, and beneficial bugs (pollinators) that will help your vegetable plants produce more. This is especially important for new garden spaces. If you do not have a lot of plants or greenery yet, you will need to incorporate flowers into your plans to attract the “good
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Easy Raised Garden Bed
This is hands down my favorite way to build a garden bed quickly. No drilling, no sawing, nothing fancy. Home Depot & Lowes started carrying these amazing corner brick blocks a few years ago that make the job so easy. Just stack them up and drop the 2×6’s down into the slots. I made a
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