Garden Patch Pointers
         for California Gardeners

Click to view answers to questions about:

Growing Determinate & Indeterminate Tomatoes

Chilling Requirements for Bare-Root and Nut Trees

Luther Burbank's Birthday

March Activities

House Plants and their Care

Language of Flowers

Carrots  leggy lisianthus catmint vs catnip strawberry runners  hollyhocks 

February Garden Activities

Biennial & Annual Plants

Roses & Dormant Spray

2010 January Activities

2010 Growing Resolutions

Christmas Trees of the Past

Garden Gifts for the Season

Outdoor Orchids

Multiple Q & A for November

Onions

Horserading & Forcing Blubs Indoors

November Activities

 

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About Robert H. & Hoberley Schuler

Robert H. Schuler has been a Master Gardener under the auspices of the University of California Cooperative Extension since 1986. He has he has continued his experience in floriculture by becoming a Gardening Studies Master, and a Landscape Design Master accredited by National Garden Clubs. He has written for four newspapers in the Riverside-San Bernardino area since 1985. These weekly articles on which plant to plant and seeds to start, when, how to propagate and harvest have given local gardener information on what to do in a timely manner.

Hoberley Schuler has also been involved in the in the M G program since 1986. She has a CGCI Garden Studies and Landscape Design Master, accredited by National Garden Club. She assists with writing, research and edits articles.

For the past six years, special emphasis has been placed on answering questions from his readers. These questions and special articles written by Mr. Schuler are now available through California Garden Clubs, Inc. on our website, www.CaliforniaGardenClubs.org and can be downloaded free of charge. It is hoped that this information will be helpful to all who are gardening and want to learn more about plants and planting.

California is a diverse state with many climate zones. The articles are written for zones 17 to 19, but zones 3, 5, 7, 15-16, 20-24 can be included with the help of the Sunset Western Garden Book and advice from your local nursery.
The articles will be posted weekly and are available to your local newspaper.

Questions should be directed to rhschuler@verizon.net.

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