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HOME & GARDEN SHOWS FOR 2012: Your month-by-month guide to the best
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Memorial Day starts the season for outdoor living

By Debbie Arrington - Updated: 2:51 pm

It always starts with the grill. Then, add a refrigerator (or at least an ice chest). How about a sink? Some counter and storage space add convenience.

Garden detective: Fire blight, crown rot plague pears

Updated: 2:50 pm

I need your help with a pear tree we planted in our backyard about 10 to 15 years ago. It seems to be dying a little at a time.

Home and garden calendar for the week of May 27

Updated: 2:51 pm

Home and garden events in the Sacramento region.

Home and garden checklist: Take a home tour without leaving the house

By Debbie Arrington - Updated: 2:51 pm

Take a Sacramento home remodeling tour without leaving your house. There's also still time to plant a vegetable garden.

Community Favorite: Southern globe thistle

Updated: 2:50 pm

This is one part in a weekly series featuring the UC Davis Community Favorites, 75 can't-fail, easy-care plants well-adapted to our region and recommended by local gardeners.

Community Favorite: Southern globe thistle - 2:50 pm
Hints from Heloise: Some throw rugs will harm your linoleum - 2:51 pm
Seeds: Sierra foothills are abloom at Dragonfly Peony Farm - 2:50 pm
Garden Tip: Cut flowers - 2:51 pm

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Arboretum All-Star plants

See all of the UC Davis Arboretum All-Stars, drought-tolerant plants well-adapted to our region

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HOW-TO VIDEOS

From UC lectures on vegetable gardening and pesticide use to creating weed barriers and drought-tolerant gardening, Click below to watch and learn!

Video: Home vegetable gardening, part 1

Video: Home vegetable gardening, part 2

Video: Understanding pesticides, part 1

Video: Understanding pesticides, part 2

Video: High density fruit tree growing

Video: Backyard orchard demo, part 1

Video: Backyard orchard demo, part 2

Video: Best garden tools you need to purchase

Video: How to prepare your garden for winter

Video: How to prepare for fall clean-up

Video: Reusable weed barriers

Video: Trees are shady characters

Video: California native landscapes

Video: Drought tolerant garden

Debbie Arrington

Seeds: Sierra foothills are abloom at Dragonfly Peony Farm

On a steep Sierra hillside, Julia Moore planted her own magical oasis.

Home Improvement

Memorial Day starts the season for outdoor living

By Debbie Arrington - Updated: 2:51 pm

It always starts with the grill. Then, add a refrigerator (or at least an ice chest). How about a sink? Some counter and storage space add convenience.

Home Tip: Want to save water?

Updated: 2:50 pm

Want to save water? Get a free Water Wise House Call.

Color tips from a paint pro

Jura Koncius - Published: Saturday, May 19 2012 - 12:00 am

Jean Molesworth Kee's architectural color consulting business, the Painted Room, has been around for 10 years

Gardening