Nevada gardening
Northern Nevada gardening with JoAnne Skelly: Still want to plant something? Try indoor herbs
Submitted by Jeff Munson on Sun, 11/22/2020 - 9:46amSnow and cold, oh boy! The leaves still remaining on the ground are heavy and soggy, so no raking for a bit. That’s good news. The ground is moist again, so more good news. I got the tools, hoses, sprinklers and patio furniture put away before the storms. We turned off and drained the main sprinklers in time. So far so good.
Northern Nevada gardening with JoAnne Skelly: What to do with leaves
Submitted by Jeff Munson on Sun, 11/08/2020 - 9:45amNext time I write about loving all my wonderful cottonwood trees, would someone please remind me why they call it fall?! For weeks, my husband and I have been raking, blowing, mowing, sweeping and moving leaves every day for hours and we are still not done.
Northern Nevada gardening with JoAnne Skelly: Preparing for fall evergreen pruning
Submitted by Jeff Munson on Sun, 10/18/2020 - 1:44pmI'm just itching to start pruning our evergreens, but my arborist self knows it’s a bit soon. I will wait until we have a hard freeze, to ensure my pruning cuts won’t attract any bark beetles. When a tree is pruned, we actually are wounding it.
Northern Nevada gardening with JoAnne Skelly: Fall lawn fertilizing
Submitted by Jeff Munson on Sun, 10/04/2020 - 9:31amThis spring I told myself I would remember to fertilize the lawn in the fall, because I forgot in 2019. I noticed the grass didn’t seem as strong this year and I had a lot more weeds such as clover and black medic infesting the lawn. Now fall is here and I’m ready to fertilize!
Northern Nevada gardening: Build up your own soil
Submitted by Jeff Munson on Sun, 09/27/2020 - 8:47amI have often written about my friend Laura’s fantastic gardens. She has always had horses and chickens. Then, also having a tractor, she was able to turn and aerate large piles — all the ingredients and tools for outstanding compost.
Northern Nevada gardening: Herbicide bloopers can be deadly to plants
Submitted by Jeff Munson on Sun, 09/13/2020 - 9:03amOver the years I have seen or heard some big herbicide bloopers. A man came with samples of damaged leaves and I told him it was herbicide damage. He insisted it couldn’t be because where he used herbicide wasn’t anywhere near these plants.
Northern Nevada gardening: Nonprofit GROW brings beauty to landscaping for all to see
Submitted by Jeff Munson on Sun, 08/30/2020 - 10:03amAs I drive the freeway through Carson City, I am reminded of one of the best Master Gardener Volunteers’ gifts to the community. From the spectacular eagle sculptures at either end of the freeway to each of the metal sculptures along the rest of the freeway and on/off-ramps to the landscaping, multi-use path and the patterning on the walls, I remember a group of Master Gardeners from the University of Nevada Cooperative Extension who created what we see today.
Northern Nevada gardening: Taking it Indoors
Submitted by Jeff Munson on Sun, 07/05/2020 - 5:49amI’m not a fan of toiling in the heat. I do very little yard work when it’s hot. Sure, I could get up at dawn and garden for a couple of hours or stay up late and work in the yard at sunset, but I rarely do. After our COVID19 spring where I put in long hours doing yard maintenance, I have succumbed to the heat and taken my gardening, such as it is, indoors.
Northern Nevada gardening: Don't fear seeing tiny fruit on the ground, it's the 'June Drop'
Submitted by Jeff Munson on Sun, 06/28/2020 - 8:55amLook under your fruit trees. You might see dozens of tiny fruit on the ground. Don’t worry; it’s the June drop. Since trees often set more fruit than they can support, each June they shed an abundance of underdeveloped fruit.
Northern Nevada gardening with JoAnne Skelly: Maintenance is never-ending
Submitted by Jeff Munson on Sun, 06/21/2020 - 11:05amOur landscape is fairly wild, partly because we like it that way for the birds, but also because it simply gets away from me. We love the space of our two and half acres, but sometimes I get discouraged that our yard will never be pristinely groomed. I have to stop and remind myself how much we do accomplish.
Northern Nevada gardening with JoAnne Skelly: A look at the enchanting iris
Submitted by Jeff Munson on Sun, 06/14/2020 - 9:39amI am fascinated with German bearded irises with their frills, color combinations and scent. I’m also interested in the changes that occur to the flowers after a number of years. I have had deep goldenrod ruffled irises lose their ruffles and fade to a lovely light yellow after years in the same location.
Northern Nevada gardening with JoAnne Skelly: Gift brings impressive fence to keep critters out
Submitted by Jeff Munson on Sun, 06/07/2020 - 5:00pmMy neighbor Mark, now known as “Chip” after Chip Gaines from “Fixer Upper” on HGTV, acquired his new moniker after building an amazing fence to enclose his wife’s garden (with her help of course!). Since we have major animal challenges in our neighborhood — ground squirrels, rabbits, deer and bears — a strong defense system is essential for successful vegetable production. The impressive garden fence that "Chip" built should keep all the critters out.
Northern Nevada gardening with JoAnne Skelly: Broaden your edible plant palette
Submitted by Jeff Munson on Sun, 05/31/2020 - 11:36amThe Coronavirus has made many people want to grow their own food. At the Foothill Garden, a partnership with The Greenhouse Project and Carson Tahoe Health, Will Pierz, the garden manager and farmer, is growing some unusual, but hardy edible plants.
JoAnne Skelly column: Climate change and gardening
Submitted by Jeff Munson on Sun, 03/01/2020 - 1:05pmI just read an interesting article called “How are gardeners adapting to climate change?” in the British magazine “Gardens Illustrated.” The authors interviewed head gardeners at National Trust properties across the United Kingdom. All the gardeners were seeing effects of climate change such as “floods to drier summers.”
Community Roots, a Self-Sustaining Nonprofit Garden Center
Submitted by Carson Now Reader on Fri, 09/29/2017 - 7:21pmDayton, Nevada – Beginning Oct. 1 through the annual seasonal close of Community Roots in late Fall, customers will receive 30 percent off of their entire purchase. The garden center is located at 60 Second Street and Highway 50 in Dayton. Fall hours are Monday-Friday from 11am-5:30pm, Saturdays 9am-5:30pm, and Sundays 10am-3pm.