Home & Garden - Fall 2014

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Home & Garden • Fall 2014 • A special advertising publication of Valley Community Newspapers • To advertise, call 916-429-9901 • www.valcomnews.com

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Home & Garden • Fall 2014 • A special advertising publication of Valley Community Newspapers • To advertise, call 916-429-9901 • www.valcomnews.com

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Home & Garden • Fall 2014 • A special advertising publication of Valley Community Newspapers • To advertise, call 916-429-9901 • www.valcomnews.com

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Maintaining your yard and being water wise These days, it’s common to drive through a neighborhood and see many yards with brown lawns or worse yet, dying trees. While we know these people are doing this to conserve water it looks terrible and makes the neighborhood look depressed.

Here are some things to think about to maintain your yard and conserve water at the same time.

Mulching Applying 2-4” of organic mulch around your plants (about 3-4” away from trunks) will not only keep the soil temperature down, but reduce water evaporation and conserve soil moisture.

Fertilizer Fertilizer stimulates plants to grow, therefore using more water. We need to hold off fertilizer or use a low nitrogen fertilizer during a drought.

Irrigation Running your sprinklers in the early morning hours reduces evaporation and wind drift issues. Check your sprinklers frequently to make sure you don’t have a broken sprinkler or one watering the sidewalk. Keep your plants watered to the bare minimum will keep them alive through the summer and get them into the rainy season where hopefully mother nature will help water them.

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Prioritizing Plants

Some plants are easy to replace while others are an investment.

Trees and foundation plants are expensive, and may only need occasional watering, while turf is inexpensive, easy to replace, and needs many watering days in the summer to stay green. Turf can go dormant in the summer and easily brought back in the fall or winter.

Also plants that require a lot of water like thirsty hydrangeas can be let go while planning to replace with more drought tolerant substitutes in the fall.

Plant Selection When buying plants; keep in mind the types of plants that require less water. Newly purchased plants including natives all need water to establish, but eventually water can be decreased. A good place to start is the UC Davis Arboretum All Star list. This selection of plants do well in our area and are drought tolerant.

This list can be found at http://arboretum.ucdavis. edu/arboretum_all_stars.aspx Big Oak Nursery has a wide selection of drought tolerant plants including UC Davis Arboretum All Stars. Our staff is trained in selecting the right plant for your yard and situation. Saving water is difficult we all need to accept the challenge and do our part.

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Landscape survival tips for a hot, dry summer There are many things you can do to help your landscape survive a hot, dry summer. In a drought, your garden and yard will not be lush and green. But by following these tips from the Sacramento County Water Agency and Regional Water Authority, you can keep roots alive with limited landscape watering.

Check Sprinklers Monthly Especially in a drought, it’s important to check your sprinklers each month for water-wasting problems. These include sprinklers that are broken, leaking, tilted, clogged, spraying the sidewalk and misting versus spraying from too much pressure. Turn off water to the problem area and make repairs within 48 hours.

Soak and Cycle Some sprinkler systems apply water faster than the ground will absorb, causing water to runoff your landscape into the street and gutter. Here’s how to stop runoff using the “soak and cycle” method: • Turn on sprinklers and see how long it takes for water to begin running off.

• Adjust your sprinkler timer to water in three shorter segments. (If water begins running off after two minutes – but your landscape needs six minutes of watering time – set your timer to water in three shorter segments of two minutes each.

• Leave an hour between watering times to allow water to soak into the soil.

Leave Grass Long Adjust the height setting on your mower up one or two notches. Taller grass promotes a deeper, more extensive root system with increased drought tolerance, reduces evaporation and shades out weeds.

Use the Screwdriver Test The best way to tell if you need to water is by testing. Stick an eight-inch screwdriver into the ground. If you can push it more than three inches below the surface, your landscape does not need to be watered.

Water Early or Later Watering early in the day or later at night conserves water by allowing water to soak into the soil before evaporation can whisk it away.

Mulch, Mulch, Mulch!

Mulch is like icing on a cake, because it keeps the soil moist the way icing keeps a cake moist. Mulch slows evaporation, allowing water to sink into the soil, moderates soil temperature and breaks down into nutrients for plants. Be sure to add two to three inches of organic mulch (e.g., leaves,

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