What to do in the garden this week, what is ripe, and the weather that will decide both.
The growing week
This week: mostly clear, highs around 88°F and lows around 48°F.
No frost, damaging heat or rain in the forecast.
In the garden now
Cool-season transplants, native planting and buying bulbs
Buy spring bulbs now, but wait for the first rains to plant them. The selection is best early in the month. UC Master Gardeners of Sonoma County
Pick squash young, and clear the fallen fruit from under the trees. Diseased material goes in the bin, not the heap. Surplus can go to a food bank or a gleaning programme. 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.