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Garden
Data (thru Feb. 3, 2012)
Avg. evapotranspiration rate this past
week : 0.45" valley; 0.50" foothills.
Soil Temperature: 48 (F) valley.
50 (F) foothills. 46 (F) upper foothills.
Click Here for more
Information about soil temperature and evapotranspiration
rates
Chilling
hours (hours at 45 degrees or
less, necessary for deciduous fruit tree production, from
Nov.-Feb.)
2011 Chill Season, Nov. 1 - Feb.
3
Valley (Sac., SJ, Yolo, Sutter,
Solano Cos.): 840-1095 hours
Foothills (Amador, El Dorado,
Placer Cos.): 838-1393 hours
2010-2011 Chill Season Totals: VALLEY: 950-1150
hours; FOOTHILLS: 1311-1446 hours
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The online Farmer
Fred Interactive Vegetable Planting
Calendar for
Northern & Central California is Improved for
2012!
Click on each vegetable for
specific planting information. Also, download
the printable planting calendar!
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Looking for lists and pictures of
plants that don't require much water? Go to:
Water-Wise
Gardening Websites
This is a project
undertaken in conjunction with the municipalities and water
districts in many California locales. The website has a
wealth
of local residential
photography and plant information to help the homeowner
improve their garden in a water efficient
way.
Sacramento, El Dorado
and Placer residents: click on the link -
Water
Wise Gardening in the Gold Country Region
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UPCOMING
EVENTS
Saturday, February
4
Slide Show and Tour:
Birds of Davis
11:00 a.m., Arboretum
Headquarters, LaRue Road, UC Davis
Learn about local
birds during a free slide show and tour of the UC Davis
Arboretum on Saturday,
February 4. Enjoy a
slide show highlighting birds you might see in winter in the
Arboretum. Then, weather
permitting, take a
stroll with the docent to look for birds in the garden. The
tour will meet at 11:00 a.m. at
Arboretum
Headquarters, on LaRue Road on the UC Davis campus. There is
no charge for the tour, and free
parking is available
in Visitor Lot 47. For more information, please call (530)
752-4880 or visit
arboretum.ucdavis.edu.
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Sunday, February
5
Workshop: Build a Wild
Home
1:00-5:00 p.m.,
Arboretum Gazebo, Garrod Drive, UC Davis
Rain location:146
Environmental Horticulture
Join the Wild Campus
student group to build bird, owl, bat, and bee boxes that
will later be installed in
the UC Davis Arboretum
and on campus. All ages welcome&emdash;adults will need to
supervise their children. Bring
something to kneel on;
we will be working on the ground. No early sign-up required,
but you can reserve a
project by emailing
your name and your preferred project to
WildCampus411@gmail.com. The free event
will
take place at the
Arboretum Gazebo, on Garrod Drive on the UC Davis campus,
and free parking is available
in Visitor Lot 55 at
the School of Veterinary Medicine. In case of rain, the
event will move to Room 146 of the
Environmental
Horticulture complex, on the south side of Old Davis Road.
For more information, please call
(530) 752-4880 or
visit arboretum.ucdavis.edu.
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Wednesday, February
8
Walk With
Warren
12:00 noon, Gazebo,
Garrod Drive, UC Davis
Join Arboretum
Superintendent Emeritus Warren Roberts for a lunchtime
stroll in the UC Davis
Arboretum on
Wednesday, February 8. Enjoy the crisp winter weather, learn
about the Arboretum's collections,
and get a little
exercise. Meet at noon at the Gazebo, on Garrod Drive on the
UC Davis campus. There is no
charge for the tour.
Parking is available for $7 in Visitor Lot 55, on Garrod
Drive at the School of Veterinary
Medicine. For more
information, please call (530) 752-4880 or visit
arboretum.ucdavis.edu.
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Saturday, February
18
Guided Tour: Nature's
Gallery Court
2 p.m., Arboretum
Teaching Nursery, Garrod Drive, UC Davis
Nature's Gallery is a
ceramic mosaic mural, a stunning work of art composed of
over 140 tiles hand-
crafted by UC Davis
students and community members. The tiles showcase
drought-tolerant plants from the
UC Davis Arboretum and
associated insects. Construction is now underway on Nature's
Gallery Court, a new
feature in the
Arboretum, where the mural will stand in an inviting
tree-lined courtyard, surrounded by
plantings. Visitors
can see the project in progress during a free public tour of
the Arboretum on Saturday,
February 18 at 2:00
p.m. Meet at the Arboretum Teaching Nursery, on Garrod Drive
on the UC Davis campus.
There is no charge for
the tour, and free parking is available in Visitor Lot 55,
on Garrod Drive at the School of
Veterinary Medicine.
For more information, please call (530) 752-4880 or visit
arboretum.ucdavis.edu.
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Sunday, February
26
Native Californian
Elderberry Flute-Making Workshop
1:00-3:00 p.m., Room
146 Environmental Horticulture, Old Davis Road, UC
Davis
People of all ages are
invited to learn how to make and play a Native Californian
elderberry flute in a
free two-hour workshop
at the UC Davis Arboretum on Sunday, February 26. East Bay
Regional Parks docent
Antonio Flores will
talk about the culture of flute-making and also about the
endangered elderberry beetle. All
materials will be
supplied. Please bring a sharpened pocket knife. Adults will
need to supervise their young
children. The workshop
will take place from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. in Room 146 of the
Environmental Horticulture
complex, on the south
side of Old Davis Road on the UC Davis campus. There is no
charge for the workshop,
and free parking is
available in Visitor Lot 5, at Old Davis Road and A Street.
For more information, please call
(530) 752-4880 or
visit arboretum.ucdavis.edu.
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