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Sacramento’s Organic Advocate, Steve Zien, has tips for getting your soil ready for spring planting season. Warren Roberts on showy plants at the UCD Arboretum. Events at the Fair Oaks Horticulture Center. Garden Grappler.

Our favorite horticulture teacher, Debbie Flower, drops by to talk about all the different potting soils. Choosing a tractor. Garden Grappler. Mandarin Tasting.

Sacramento's Organic Advocate, Steve Zien, drops by to talk about how to improve your soil, organically, this time of year. Also: advice for having a sustainable garden,,,and why that's important. Garden Grappler.

Juliet Voigtlander and Chris Aycock of El Dorado Nursery and Gardens in Shingle Springs talk about the plants that will soon put on a show in our area, including camellias and rhodendrons. Rose and hydrangea pruning advice. Unusual edible plants you can grow here. Garden Grappler.

Redwood Barn Nursery owner Don Shor drops by to talk about colorful plants for the late winter garden. Fair Oaks Horticulture Open Garden, Sat. Feb. 9. El Dorado Master Gardener Sustainable Gardening class, Feb. 23. Garden Grappler.

Consulting arborist Roger Snell has tips for trees with problems during winter. "Mastering the Art of Vegetable Gardening" with garden author Matt Mattus. Garden Grappler.

Phil Pursel of Dave Wilson Nursery talks about deciduous fruit, nut and berry care during the winter, including choosing, planting and pruning advice. Kellogg Garden Products' Giselle Schoniger on improving your soil. Garden Grappler.

Horticultural consultant Debbie Flower talks about January's numerous garden tasks to undertake to insure a successful 2019 gardening year here. Tips for draining the rain away from the home and garden. Garden Grappler.

Rosarians Baldo and Charlotte from the Sierra Foothill Rose Society discuss winter rose care and shamelessly plug their Winter Rose Care Workshop on Saturday Jan. 12 at Roseville's Maidu Center. Author Norman Gary: "Honeybee Hobbyist". Garden Grappler.

Lori Ann Asmus of Emerald City Interior Landscape Services has advice for caring for your indoor holiday plants and other winter bloomers that can thrive indoors. Roger Snell on the best selling houseplants. Garden Grappler.