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Sacramento County's Original Master Gardener, Pam Bone, talks about the best ways to prune fruit trees during the winter. Also: good living Christmas trees. Garden Grappler.

Author Robin Stockwell talks succulent care. Growing persimmons, with Phil Pursel of Dave Wilson Nursery. Renee Shepherd on carrots. Warren Roberts, UCD Arboretum. Garden Grappler.

Tips from Sacramento County Master Gardener Quentyn Young on living and cut Christmas Trees. Quentyn is also the manager of Fair Oaks Blvd Nursery, and he has the timetable for arriving fruit trees and vines, as well as roses. American vs. English Gardens. Garden Grappler.

Tips from Sacramento County Master Gardeners on growing microgreens indoors; small farm side businesses; how wildflowers cope in a drought. Garden Grappler.

Debbie Arrington and Kathy Morrison have started a great resource for local gardeners, the blog page, "Sacramento Digs Gardening". We talk fall gardening, dealing with wildfire smoke and tips for protecting your home and garden in a wildfire. Ken Hodges of Hodges Nursery in Durham talks about the camp fire. Garden Grappler.

Temperatures are now dipping into the low 30's in the morning. What are you doing to protect your citrus trees from a frost or a freeze? Don Shor of Redwood Barn Nursery has tips. Harvest Festival at Cal Expo. Garden Grappler.

What can you plant in November to feed your family here? Plenty! Sacramento County Master Gardener Gail Pothour talks about what's growing now at the Fair Oaks Horticulture Center. AAS Award winning plants. Garden Grappler.

Tips on controlling gophers. How to grow Swiss chard. Fall Garden Power Tool gas tips. Garden Grappler.

Everyone's favorite college horticulture teacher, Debbie Flowers, drops by to talk about what to do in the garden this time of year. Also, how to thwart ants. Growing herbs. Garden Grappler.

Baldo Villegas and Charlotte Owendyk of the Sierra Foothills Rose Society drop by to talk about fall rose care in our area. Warren Roberts of the UCD Arboretum on the showy plants of October. Garden Grappler.