Fresno Gardening Green

An avid gardener, Dan Hemesath left his Clovis home one morning in late September and noticed an unusual plant at the edge of a neighbor's yard. He snapped a photo and, wondering if it had a nice scent, crushed a few leaves to check it out.

Cool fall mornings invite you to enjoy a stroll in the garden with a cup of something hot.

Now that the weather is consistently below 90 degrees F, you can start to fertilize your roses again, if necessary. Don't fertilize just to fertilize.

The look of neighborhood yards has changed radically these last years. Landscape designs that feature highly-manicured, constantly trimmed, raked, and groomed lawns and planting beds are disappearing, by necessity.

Pick a bouquet of herbs in the early morning to retain flavor. Keep them in a vase and use them all week. Tasks Monitor soil moisture after rain and water if needed, especially for trees and shrubs. Renovate cool-season lawns remove thatch and aerate.