Workday Workweek
Something we decided to do at the VPG is for each board member to take turns hosting a volunteer event. Yesterday was Carrie's first day hosting and there were several volunteers who came out to lend a helping hand at the garden. Here's Jim and Barbara prepping the garden beds for future tomato plants. New volunteers Sada and her two sons, Isaac and Alonso by the freesia plant they donated to the VPG. F reesia flowers are very fragrant, typically white or yellow, and are borne in spikelike racemes . March Task List for Vallejo Gardeners in Your Own Backyards ( USDA Hardiness Zone 9) Feed roses with an organic blend of cottonseed meal, alfalfa meal, and composted manure. Plant cool-loving vegetables, such as cabbage, broccoli, spinach, radishes, Asian greens, lettuce, and parsley. If you're going to plant peas, you probably should have done it by now. Harden-off tomatoes, peppers, and eggplants by moving them outside, beneath a plastic cover or inside a...