When Debbie Flower drops by to talk gardening, we always learn something new about the best way to tend to our plants from the former college horticulture professor. Today, she talks about the role of auxins when transplanting or putting in a new plant. Also, how to thwart ants. Growing Garlic. Upcoming garden events.

What's bugging your roses in 2018? Baldo Villegas and Charlotte Owendyk of the Sierra Foothills Rose Society drop by to talk about that, as well as fall rose care in our area. Warren Roberts of the UCD Arboretum on the showy plants of October. Upcoming garden events.

We revisit last weeks episode of The KFBK Garden Show.

Fair Oaks Blvd Nursery manager Quentyn Young drops by with ideas for cool season vegetables and flowers from around the world. Also: tips for establishing cover crops. Flowering bulb workshop.

Fall is for planting. But how do you plant? Debbie Flower offers tips for getting your new plant in the ground successfully. Christine Lewis talks about today's California Native Plant Society's plant sale. Upcoming garden events.

Everybody enjoys the cooler weather now, including garden pests. What's been bugging you in your garden lately? Master Gardener Pam Bone talks about some of the pests of late summer and early fall. Upcoming garden events.

Mid September through October is the time foe planting, as well as soil renovation. Steve Zien of Living Resources Company, Sacramento's Organic Advocate, discusses what you should know about your soil before you sow. Upcoming garden events.

We start off with an update about the Oriental Fruit Fly infestation recently found in the city of Sacramento. We talk with Sacramento County Ag Commissioner Juli Jensen for the latest. Horticultural consultant Debbie Flower talks about the problems making and using home-made pesticides and soil amendments. Upcoming garden events.

Steve Zien of Living Resources Company talks about how a gardener can wisely apply pesticides in this ever-changing world of label instructions and active ingredients. Upcoming garden events.

What's bugging your trees? It might not be bugs. It could be the hot summer. Could have been the effects of the last drought. It could be you! Jeff Gravish of Boething Treeland Farms drops by to talks about the problems our trees and shrubs are having this summer. Also, Warren Roberts of the UC Davis Arboretum talks about the hot plants of August. Upcoming garden events. And, we remember that late Sacramento County Farm Advisor Chuck Ingels, who started the Fair Oaks Horticulture Center.