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Vegetables | Herbs | Fruit Trees | Citrus | Grapes | Blueberries | Compost

Soil and Fertilizer | Landscape | Beneficial Insects | Pests | More

HARVEST DAY

Vegetables

• Choose Quality With All-America Selections Winners (4:27 min.) - UCCE Master Gardeners of Sacramento County
• Straw Bale Gardening: Part 1, Preparing the Bales (4:43 min.) - UCCE Master Gardeners of Sacramento County
• Straw Bale Gardening: Part 2, Planting (4:09 min.) - UCCE Master Gardeners of Sacramento County
• Straw Bale Gardening: Part 3, End of Season (2:49 min.) - UCCE Master Gardeners of Sacramento County
• What's Wrong with my Tomatoes? (4:15 min.) - UCCE Master Gardeners of Sacramento County
• Veggies Year Round from Your Patio (3:43 min.) - UCCE Master Gardeners of Sacramento County
• Seed Starting (5:26 min.) - Ruth Ostroff, UCCE Master Gardener of Sacramento County
• How to Build a Raised Bed (2:13 min.) – UCCE Master Gardeners of Santa Clara County
• Planting Tall Tomato Seedlings (5:26 min.) – UCCE Master Gardeners of Santa Clara County
• Summer Vegetables with Less Water (7:15 min.) – UCCE Master Gardeners of Sonoma County
• Better Pollination In The Home Vegetable Garden (4:37 min.) - Häagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven
• Growing and Harvesting Vegetables Year-round (19:02 min.) - Master Gardeners of Clackamas County, Oregon
• Planting Tomato Starts (3:33 min) - Master Gardeners of Clackamas County, Oregon
• Grow Cool Season Vegetables (13:44 min.) - Master Gardeners of Clackamas County, Oregon

Herbs

• Growing Herbs in Containers (3:18 min.) - UCCE Master Gardeners of Sacramento County
• Harvest and Rejuvenate Your Lavender (3:07 min.) - UCCE Master Gardeners of Sacramento County

Fruit Trees

• Netting Fruit Trees: An Easy and Inexpensive Method (5.17 min.) - UCCE Master Gardeners of Sacramento County
• Grow Fruit Trees in Limited Space (10;11 min.) - Ed Laivo for Virtual Harvest Day 2020
• Thinning Fruit on your Trees (4:46 min.) - UCCE Master Gardeners of Sacramento County
• Summer Pruning for Fruit Trees (4:13 min.) - UCCE Master Gardeners of Sacramento County
• Backyard Fruit Tree Basics (16:50 min.) - Tom Spellman of Dave Wilson Nursery
• Shopping for Bare Root Fruit Trees (6:38 min.) - Ed Laivo of Dave Wilson Nursery
• Plant a Fruit Tree (6:05 min.) - Ed Laivo of Dave Wilson Nursery
• Fruit Tree Pruning Demonstration (4:50 min.) – Ed Laivo and Tom Spellman of Dave Wilson Nursery
• Grafting Fruit Trees (9:01 min.) - Tom Spellman of Dave Wilson Nursery

Citrus

• Container Planting (5:31 min.) – Four Winds Growers
• Identify and Remove Suckers (4:39 min.) – Four Winds Growers
• Pruning (5:11 min.) – Four Winds Growers

Grapes

• Pests of the Vineyard (3:49 min.) - UCCE Master Gardeners of Sacramento County
• Powdery Mildew in the Vineyard (2:50 min.) - UCCE Master Gardeners of Sacramento County
• Grape Vine Pruning (2:49 min.) – Chuck Ingels demonstrates
• Grape Vine Spur and Cane Pruning (5 min.) – Chuck Ingels shows the difference and explains how.

Blueberries

• Pruning Mature Blueberry Plants (5:02 min.) - UCCE Master Gardeners of Sacramento County
• Blueberries: Amending Your Soil's pH (4.10 min.) - UCCE Master Gardeners of Sacramento County
• Bird Netting Your Blueberries (2:35 min.) - UCCE Master Gardeners of Sacramento County
• Growing Blueberries in your Garden (26:10 min.) – Master Gardeners of Clackamas County, Oregon*
• Cultivars and Planting Tips (3:28 min.) – Master Gardeners of Clackamas County, Oregon*
• Fertilizing and Mulcching (2:53 min.) – Master Gardeners of Clackamas County, Oregon*
• Pruning Blueberry Plants (2:52 min.) – Master Gardeners of Clackamas County, Oregon*

*Notes for California: Times for blossoms and ripening will be different as our season begins earlier and winter here is mild. Look for varieties available at local nurseries that are appropriate for our area.  Sacramento Master Gardeners don’t test soil, but you can buy an inexpensive pH tester at any good garden center.  See our website for detailed instructions for growing blueberries in Sacramento County.

Compost

• Making a Worm Bin (4:57 min.) - UCCE Master Gardeners of Sacramento County
• Harvesting Worm Castings (3:10 min.) - UCCE Master Gardeners of Sacramento County
• Composting: Getting Started (3:47 min.) - UCCE Master Gardeners of Sacramento County
• Composting: ABCs (4:32 min.) - UCCE Master Gardeners of Sacramento County
• Composting: Hot vs Cold (5:29 min.) - UCCE Master Gardeners of Sacramento County

Soil and Fertilizer

• Using Fertilizers (47 sec.) – Missy Gable, UC Master Gardener Program
• Adding Compost (47 sec.) – Missy Gable, UC Master Gardener Program
• Importance of Mulch (1:03 min.) – Missy Gable, UC Master Gardener Program
• Soil Solarization: Control Soilborne Pests (3:52 min.) - UCCE Master Gardeners of Sacramento County
• Digging Up the Dirt on Soil (7:13 min.) – California Water Boards explains how to change how storm water can be managed in your yard.
• Gardening in Clay Soil (25:56 min.) – Master Gardeners of Clackamas County, Oregon

Landscape

• Transplant a Landscape Cactus Pain Free! (4:56 min.) - UCCE Master Gardeners of Sacramento County
• Maintaining a Weed-Free Lawn (3:15 min.) - UCCE Master Gardeners of Sacramento County
• Landscape Redesign: An Environmentally-Friendly Approach (5:33 min.) - UCCE Master Gardeners of Sacramento County
  • Companion Document (PDF)
• Building Resilient Gardens (26:34 min.) - Karrie Reid for Virtual Harvest Day 2020
• Select Healthy Plants (19:41 min.) – Missy Gable, UC Master Gardener Program
• Make Your Garden Wildlife Friendly (9:02 min.) - UCCE Master Gardeners of Sacramento County
• A Walking Tour of the Water-Efficient Landscape (6:38 min.) - UCCE Master Gardeners of Sacramento County
• Prune Ornamental Grasses (2:45 min.) - UCCE Master Gardeners of Sacramento County
• Prune Rosemary (4:19 min.) - UCCE Master Gardeners of Sacramento County
• Prune Santa Barbara Daisies (2:30 min.) - UCCE Master Gardeners of Sacramento County
• Prune Woody Sages (2:54 min.) - UCCE Master Gardeners of Sacramento County
• Prune Hybrid Tea Roses (6:20 min.) – UCCE Master Gardeners of Yolo County
• Pruning Hydrangeas (5:37 min.) – Master Gardeners of Clackamas County, Oregon

Beneficial Insects

• Bring Mason Bees into Your Backyard Orchard (4:41 min.)- UCCE Master Gardeners of Sacramento County
• Aphid-eating insects in action! (2:18 min.) – UC Integrated Pest Management
• Bee Gardening in Containers (6:46 min.) - Häagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven
• Best Bee Flowers (5:50 min.) – Master Gardeners of Clackamas County, Oregon
• Better Pollination In The Home Vegetable Garden (4:37 min.) - Häagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven

Pests

• Detecting Asian citrus psyllid (1 min.) – UC Integrated Pest Management, - this pest carries a deadly citrus disease
• Identifying Fruit Tree Scale (4 min.) - UCCE Master Gardeners of Sacramento County
• Garden Pests Video Library – Website listing of videos from UC Integrated Pest Management
• Videoteca (Spanish video library) – Website listing of videos from UC Integrated Pest Management

More

• Transplanting Nursery Plants for a Healthy Start (4:48 min.) – UCCE Master Gardeners of Sacramento County
• A Walking Tour of the Fair Oaks Horticuture Center (9:26 min.) – UCCE Master Gardeners of Sacramento County
• Sharpening Hand Pruners (4:22 min.) – UCCE Master Gardeners of Sacramento County
• Häagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven YouTube Channel
• Using Drip Irrigation in your Garden (5:18 min.) – Master Gardeners of Clackamas County, Oregon
• Container Planting (5 min.) – Master Gardeners of Clackamas County, Oregon

Harvest Day

Virtual Harvest Day 2021

• Fred Hoffman, Master Gardener, "Garden Basics with Farmer Fred" Podcast Host
  Growing Food Year-Round: Cool Season Vegetables (18:23 min.)
• Greg Gayton, Green Acres Nursery and Supply, California Certified Nursery Professional
  Why Choose Raised Beds? (11 min.)
• Bill Krycia, Master Gardener
  Jazzed About Citrus (11:13 min.)

Virtual Harvest Day 2020

• Karrie Reid, Environmental Horticulture Advisor, UCCE San Joaquin County
  Building Resilient Gardens (26:33 min.)
• Ed Laivo, Fruit Tree and Edible Landscape Expert
  Grow Fruit in Limited Space Using Size Control (10:11 min.)

Harvest Day 2019 (2:23 min.)

Harvest Day 2018 (1:49 min.)

Harvest Day 2017 (1:52 min.)

Harvest Day 2016 (1:03 min.)

Harvest Day 2015 (1:00 min.)

Harvest Day 2014 (2:09 min.)

Harvest Day 2013

• Master Gardener Program Coordinator Judy McClure (.46 min.)
• Master Gardener Tracy Lesperance (2:11 min.)

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