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What better way to start the new year than in your garden?
 
 

Planting, pruning, protecting and pest control are all on


 
One New Year's resolution that would be easy to keep is to plant one new variety of cool-season veggie.

 
 
Are rodents beating you to your backyard harvest? Learn how to minimize rats invading your fruit trees.
 
Question: 
Can I extend the life of my beautiful poinsettias past the holidays?  
 
Answer:
Yes! You can even plant them outside. 
 
Here's how:


   
Want to have the sharpest tool in the shed? Join us for Free Tool Sharpening: January 11, 9:30 - noon in Balboa Park's
Inez Grant Parker Memorial Rose Garden. Bring one hand pruning tool in good working condition. While you're
there, San Diego Rose Society members will teach you how to prune your roses.





Winter Fruit Tree Care
Did you know that fruit trees require special care now to flourish later? A recent San Diego Union Tribune Garden Mastery column details those tasks for you:


 



 
Want to live to 100?
Perhaps gardening will help you get there... 


 


 
Save the Date for the 2020 San Diego Master Gardeners Spring Seminar: Saturday, March 21!




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