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Garden Checklist: Mulch can act as insulation
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The Garden Check- list is filled with tips and tricks for local gar- deners who wish to keep their greenery, flowers, and herbs looking beau- tiful all year long.
If you don’t have a fall or winter garden, prepare for spring plant- ing.
Tasks for this time of year include repair- ing damaged spots in cool season and cover- ing with mulch. Keep moist until the new grass seedlings are well established. Warm season lawns like Ber- muda grass will soon be
entering their dormant season, so bare patches should be covered with mulch to discourage winter weeds.
Use spent vegetable plants and summer an- nuals to start a compost pile. When pruning, re- member to divide and thin perennials. When fertilizing, avoid a flush of new growth late in the growing season.
Do not apply fertil- izer to citrus, avocados, or other frost tender plants. If weather is cool enough, plant spring bulbs and annuals. An- nuals: calendula, Can- tebury bell, perennials, dianthus, fortnight lily,
Dietes, Latana. Fruits and vegetables, broccoli and cauliflower.
Trees, shrubs, vines, Berberis, redbud, fringe tree. Enjoy these now, annuals and perenni- als. Fibrous begonia. Bulbs, corms, tubers, cyclamen. Trees, shrubs, vines, beautyberry. Bot- tlebrush. Fruits and veg- etables, garlic, gourds, peaches. Fall colors, Raywood ash, maiden- hair.
Things to ponder. convert remaining to- mato and pepper plants with a garden blanket to extend the harvest season into November. Limit fall vegetable gar-
dens in size to avoid over production.
Plant only the variet- ies that you know you will use and enjoy and that you can share with others.
Source: Adapted from “A Gardener’s Companion for the Cen- tral San Joaquin Valley,” 3rd edition, currently available from Fresno County Master Garden- ers for $30.
Gardening Questions answered at (559) 241- 7534. Prepared by Judy Parker, Fresno County Master Gardener.
Community CALEnDAR Reedley
Last weeks answers
Sept. 19 - Reedley Eagles #2781 will be hosting a Pastrami Din- ner Drive Thru/Pick Up from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. at the Reedley Eagles Lodge located at 1230 11th Street, Reedley.
Price is $12.00 per person. All proceeds to benefit the Reedley Eagles Project Fund.
Please call to reserve your dinner by Sept. 17th. Contact Pat at (559) 259-8968 or Marty at (559) 408-3616.
Now through Oct. 7
Beginning Ballet Class Register now, ages 4 and up. Begins October 7 at the Reedley Com- munity Center. Four week session, Wednes- day’s from 6-7 p.m.
Register online through Dash or call for more information (559) 637-4203
Registration Closes Sept. 27 - VIRTUAL Mechanics Bank Fiesta Walk Run Register on RunSignUp All ages
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we were with noticed a campsite. It was intact. As he exited his vehicle, he looked for any signs of life, “Hello! Police department is anyone here!”
No response. The of- ficer later explained, it was likely these camp- ers went to enjoy a day at Shaver Lake just be- fore the fire hit and were evacuated immediately and without warning. These were just a few of my observations that day.
The Creek Fire has burned more than 200,000 acres in Fresno and Madera Counties. There has been some contain- ment but a lot of work still remains.
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Register Now - Bab- ysitting Class. At the Reedley Community Center Register NOW, ages 11-16. Class will be 3 days, 9-17, 9-22, 9-24
For more informa- tion call 637-4203
Sept. 30 - Good Morning Paint at 8:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.
Register Now - Class will be held on the Se- nior Center Patio Reg-
ister now. Call for more information (559)637- 4203
Oct. 2 - Paint Night, starting at 6:30 p.m. to 8:30pm. Class will be held on the Senior Cen- ter Patio. Register now, children MUST be ac- companied by an adult
Call for more infor- mation (559) 637-4203
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