UC Marin Master Gardeners

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UC Marin Master Gardeners are University of California-trained and certified volunteers who provide research-based knowledge and information on sustainable landscape practices, pest management and home horticulture to gardeners in Marin.

NOVEMBER

DESPITE THE RAIN, THE DROUGHT IS FAR FROM OVER. Hopefully there is more water to come, but drought is not done with us. Plan ahead for the long-term - if you are thinking of new plants, consider drought-tolerant plants such as native plants, succulent and other low-water plants.

EROSION may be a problem if we see more intense downpours amidst all the fire-related clearance people have done. Consider a rain garden, or installing wattles for erosion control. For more information on flooding and our watersheds, check out the Marin Watersheds site.

TIME FOR MAINTENANCE: Fall is a good time to maintain and clean your tools, but maybe not with bleach! For those of you who want to dig deeper into garden myths, check out this myth-busting website for more.

November Plant & Garden Care List	Plant Stress in Extreme Wet
What to Prune in the Fall	Integrating Native Plants in Your Edible Garden

NEWS & UPDATES

ANT INVASIONS
In all the recent rain, one critter that you might see coming out of the woods and into your home are the ever-present ants. Read up on ants, and on help with ant control.

NOW IS THE TIME to plant California native plants and spring-blooming bulbs.
If you love bulbs, try choosing those that will naturalize, requiring less water and maintenance over time. California natives are not only suited to the areas we live in but the fauna are adapted to them. Fall is the time to plant them, to bring in the bees, bugs and birds. Oaks are a keystone species in our area; gather and plant a few acorns.

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FEATURED THIS WEEK IN THE MARIN IJ:

With a little care your flowering bulbs can rebloom each year

Now is the time when it’s easy to be enticed by catalog photos and nursery displays of spring flowering bulbs. Nothing signals spring like the emergence of bright yellow daffodils or fragrant hyacinths...