May in Sonoma County

Mulch

Looking for ways to reduce your garden’s water needs? Mulching not only is an easy and effective way to enrich your soil and to control weeds, it also significantly slows evaporation thus retaining soil moisture. This keeps your soil cooler aiding beneficial soil organisms and reducing your garden’s total irrigation requirements. Read more about mulching here: Mulch

Drought is Here Save Water. Sonoma Water

Without a doubt we are still in a severe drought! We can all help by saving water. Here are resources and information:

Keeping Your Plants Alive under Drought or Water Restrictions (UC ANR)
Current Water Supply Levels (Sonoma Water)
Drought Management Guidelines
Gardening in a Drought
Growing Vegetables in a Drought

Food Gardening

Visit our Food Gardening web page for monthly food garden tasks and tips and food gardening articles.

This month we feature tomatoes, low water herb garden and food gardening in a drought.

May Veggie Happenings

Join us on May 10th for our Veggies Happenings zoom event

Join our Food Gardening Specialists on May 10th 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm for a free zoom event. Sonoma County Master Gardeners will discuss interplanting your vegetable garden with an emphasis on the traditional “3 Sisters” - corn, squash, and beans. They’ll also give you ideas for trellising and talk about some Good Bugs that you want in your garden. Master Food Preservers will demonstrate making Strawberry Freezer Jam, just in time to capture that bounty crop. Registration is required.

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Upcoming Events

Event Name	Date
Landscape Maintenance in the Defensible Space	5/24/2022

Pest Alert!

Bagrada bug. UC ANR, The Regents of the University of California. (Cropped)

The Bagrada bug is an invasive pest that is new to Sonoma County. It is a small stink bug that can cause damage to crops in the mustard family as well as other crops. Click here for more information on this pest.

Sundays with Sue

Click here to read Sundays with Sue. Her column can also be found on our Facebook page.

Master Gardeners in Print

Check out our recent articles in The Press Democrat:

ADVICE TO GROW BY

Put worms to work for all your compost needs and May in the garden 5/7/22

For happy plants, keep your drip system well maintained 4/30/22

COVID-19 Notice

To reduce the spread of COVID-19 pandemic and in compliance with county orders, we have adjusted our services accordingly: All in-person events are suspended. Library talks have been replaced by Zoom events. Please check the "Upcoming Events" section at the top-right of this page for currently scheduled events.

Thanks for your patience during this time. We will inform you when the in-person library talks resume.