Resources from EGC (English/Inglés)
Recursos de EGC (Español)
Scroll down to find online resources, books, podcasts, specific plant care, gardening-related social media groups, and workshops and in-person learning opportunities.
Haza scroll para buscar recursos en línea, libros, pódcast, cuidar de plantas específicas, grupos sociales para jardinería, y talleres y oportunidades de aprender en persona.
General Online Resources
Master Gardeners – Planting guides, tips, and opportunities for trouble-shooting assistance.
Sacramento-area Vegetable Planting Calendar – UC Davis planting guide for Sacramento area for starting seeds, planting transplants and direct-planting seeds.
Southern-California Vegetable Planting Calendar – Digital Gardener’s planting guide for Zones 23-24.
Santa Clara County Vegetable Planting Calendar – Master Gardeners’ guide for Santa Clara County.
Bay Area Vegetable Planting Calendar – SF Bay Gardening’s planting calendar, differentiated for foggy and sunny climates.
UC Backyard Orchard – Excellent resource for growing and caring for a variety of fruit and nut trees in California, including stone fruit and citrus.
Redwood Barn Fruit Ripening Chart – Calendar showing fruit ripening periods, useful for planning gardens to maximize year-round fruit availability.
Books
The New Sunset Western Garden Book: The Ultimate Gardening Guide (Revised, Updated Edition 2012)
Gaia’s Garden: A Guide to Home-Scale Permaculture, 2nd Edition (Toby Hemenway, April 2009)
Introduction to Permaculture Revised Edition (Bill Mollison)
Edible Forest Gardens, Vol. 2: Ecological Design And Practice For Temperate-Climate Permaculture (Dave Jacke & Eric Toensmeier)
Podcasts
Davis Garden Show and Beyond (Don Shor) – Focus on Northern California, but applicable generally to any garden. Excellent range of seasonal topics, informative and practical advice.
The Joe Gardener Show (Joe Lamp’l) – General gardening podcast, with emphasis on organic gardening and growing food.
The Organic Gardener Podcast – Organic-based advice for vegetable gardening.
Gardenerd Tip of the Week – Seasonal, organic, and fun advice covering sustainable living, vegetable gardening and more with focus on urban farms, homesteads and gardens.
Specific Plant Care
Raising Seedlings
EGC’s Seedling Starter Program Guide – Instructions and tips for EGC’s Seedling Starter Program volunteers.
Tomatillos
Tip: Harvest when soft yellow color and bursting from paper covering for sweetest tomatillos. Harvest when still green and firm for tangier fruit.
Tomatillo Planting, Growing, Harvesting – California Gardening YouTube video with basic tomatillo care.
Growing Giant Tomatillos – California Gardening YouTube video specific to giant tomatillos, which is what we grow in our EGC gardens!
Peppers
Pruning Peppers 101 – Excellent YouTube how-to video for basic pepper pruning.