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Blossoms!  Learn about flowers and so much more in our 2020 Calendar! 

Plenty of advice about growing flowers and recipes from the Master Food Preservers for cooking with them.

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This is the month to harvest pumpkins and winter squash for cooking and for fall decorations.  Harvest after the vines have dried and before the first frost. 

Pomegranates are ripening. Try to pick them before rain causes cracks in the skin. 

See more October orchard activities.

The end of the summer vegetable garden can provide the beginnings of a beautiful compost pile. Put only disease- and pest-free plants and vegetables in the pile.

Are manures right for the compost pile?

Maintain soil pH for Blueberries and fertilize all berries. Watch a demonstration at the Wednesday Open Garden on October 9.

See more berry tips for October.

Put a little something spicy in your life.

'Hot and Spicy' Oregano might be the perfect herb for your garden.

The Asian citrus psyllid has been found in Sacramento causing a County-wide quarantine. The tiny insect damages citrus fruit but of more importance, it can transmit the deadly citrus disease Huanglongbing (HLB) or citrus greening.  For more:

• Pest Note
• Report Finds

Brown marmorated stink bugs (BMSB) (Halyomorpha halys) have invaded several areas in Sacramento County.