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Quote of the Week
"They know, they just know where to grow, how to dupe you, and how to camouflage themselves among the perfectly respectable plants, they just know, and therefore, I've concluded weeds must have brains."
...Dianne Benson |
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Saturday, March 26
8-9am PDT / 11am-Noon EDT
 John, Sharon and Bruce will be at the San Francisco Flower and Garden Show (held at the San Mateo Event Center from March 23-27) at booth #1444 offering a wondrous array of Mighty 'Mato varieties and delicious edibles as well as collector plants, succulents, and some great garden products. They'll phone in with comments about California's largest garden show, including info on new plants, cutting-edge landscape designs and garden-to-table edibles to look for at your neighborhood's garden center. Bryan and guest hosts Cary Sharp, curator of horticulture from the San Diego Zoo Safari Park and Bob Reidmuller from Oasis Water Efficient Gardens will be in studio to answer your gardening questions. Call them with your questions at 1-866-606-TALK (8255).
Sunday, March 27 8-10 PDT, 11am-1pm EDT  Since this will be the last day to order the SuperNaturals Grafted Vegetables from GardenLife, our talented grower Alice Doyle will offer planting tips and more suggestions for rare, unusual and delicious edibles as well as several novelty plants that make amazing garden focal points. John Bagnasco will also call in to talk about the final day at the San Francisco Flower and Garden Show.
 Our second hour guest, Doug Oster is an Emmy award winning producer (for his Gardens of Pennsylvania, a one hour documentary special for the PBS affiliate WQED), the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette's Backyard Gardener and co- host of The Organic Gardeners Radio show every Sunday on Pittsburgh's KDKA radio. He will beckon us into the garden with his hands-in-the-soil expertise and his latest book, Tomatoes, Garlic, Basil: The Simple Pleasures of Growing and Cooking Your Garden's Most Versatile Vegetables. Call Sharon, John, Bryan or our guests with your questions at 1-866-606-TALK (8255).
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Did You Know?
The word "squash" originates from the Massachusett Indian word askutasquash, and translated means "eaten raw or uncooked." The soft-skinned varieties such as zucchini, can be sliced and sautéed with skins on, added to soups or eaten raw, while the hard-skinned squashes such as Hubbard or acorn are baked in the shell or boiled and can be stored for several months (some such as Triamble can be stored for as long as three years). Soft-skinned varieties are often called summer squashes and the hard-skinned are known as winter squashes. Whether summer or winter squash, both are excellent sources of vitamin A. |
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 MORE ROSES - MORE FRUIT - LESS WATER! Finally available for online sales. Order from the WaterRounds website or check with your local garden center. You won't believe the difference in results! READ MORE >> ______________________________________________ |
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Getting Ready for Spring
Tips from Milorganite
 With Spring fast approaching, it's time to decide what you would like to do with your garden. Seed catalogs conjure visions of luxurious bouquets adorning your home, with sweet fragrances permeating every room. Your appetite is whetted for meals prepared with homegrown vegetables. But how can you best prepare that plot of soil behind your house to help make your garden grow?
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Triamble Squash
Rare, sweet and stores forever!
Rare outside of Australia, this unique three-lobed blue squash is stunningly beautiful with a hard shell and with a marble-like smoothness. The fruit is dense and heavy with a very solid feel. It's flesh is orange-colored and sugary sweet. Triamble keeps very well; plantswoman Amy Goldman, reports that she can store Triambles for two years without loss of flavor or looks! .
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 Sharon's Super Tomato Formula
For the tastiest and most productive tomatoes, follow this quick and easy formula. Your tomatoes and other veggies will thank you!
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Be the first person to correctly identify this plant and you'll win a free book! This week's prize from Storey Publishing:
Attracting Native Pollinators: Protecting North America's Bees and Butterflies
by Eric Mader, Matthew Shepherd et al.
Last Contest Answer:
Rhopalostylis sapida
Winner: Diane from Laguna Niguel, CA |
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Tomaccio
Sweet Raisin Tomato
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BOUNCE" Fungus Gnats from Houseplants!
 Kansas State University Department of Entomology professor Raymond Cloyd has found a safe and effective way to deter fungus gnats that are plaguing your plants.. READ MORE >> |
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