What to do in the garden this week, what is ripe, and the weather that will decide both.
The growing week
This week: patchy fog, highs around 88°F and lows around 50°F.
No frost, damaging heat or rain in the forecast.
In the garden now
Cool-season transplants, native planting and buying bulbs
Autumn is the county's window for putting in California natives. Manzanita, ceanothus and coffeeberry for structure; flowering currant, salvia, California fuchsia, penstemon and buckwheat beneath. UC Master Gardeners of Sonoma County
Add two inches of good compost if August got away from you. It holds moisture in light soil and opens up heavy soil — more crop for the same water. UC Master Gardeners of Sonoma County
The rest of the month, and the whole year, is in the garden calendar.
At the farm stands
In September, look for tomatoes, peppers, eggplant, figs, early apples, pears, table grapes, corn, and the first winter squash.
Garden tasks come from the UC Master Gardener Program of Sonoma County and UC Integrated Pest Management, each linked to its source. Growing weather is from the National Weather Service. Your own microclimate — valley floor or hillside — will vary.