March 2010

Edible landscapes can be fresh, flavorful

Nancy Fowler-Johnson described the fruit
from this nectarine as being really popular
with a good flavor. See story on page 2

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BY STEPHANIE DUMM
NEWS MESSENGER REPORTER
etting fresh, flavorful
G peaches and cher-
ries can be as easy as
walking out into your
backyard.
That’s because more
and more residents are
planting “edible land-
scapes,” according to
Nancy Fowler-Johnson,
co-owner and president
of Fowler Nurseries.
Fowler Nurseries sells
fruit and nut trees to the
public to create an “edible
landscape” but not
shrubs, flowers or vegeta-
bles.
“We’re seeing a lot of
people put in peaches,
nectarines, cherries, and
apricots because (they’re)
looking for flavor and
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being sustainable,”
Fowler-Johnson said.
She described home-
owners planting and har-
vesting fruit and nut trees
as “having my landscape
working for me and not
having to buy (fruit) from
a grocery store.”
The flavor of the fruit is
a big bonus of growing
fruit trees in your back-
yard because really flavor-
ful fruit is sometimes hard
to get from the grocery
store, according to
Fowler-Johnson.
Fowler Nurseries offers
almonds, apples, apricots,
Asian pears, cherries, nec-
tarines, plums, peaches
and pears. Each type of
fruit comes in several dif-
ferent varieties.
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and Ranier. Peach options
include Nectar, Babcock
and Gene Elberta.
Gene Elberta peaches
are special to Fowler
Nurseries, because
Fowler-Johnson said it is a
variety of peach her
because the slow flow of
“We’re seeing a lot of people put in peaches, water allows the water to
penetrate deep into the
nectarines, cherries, and apricots because
(they’re) looking for flavor and being
sustainable.”
soil, which she said
encourages the roots to
grow deep, which equals a
more stable and sturdy
Nancy Fowler-Johnson, co-owner Fowler Nurseries tree.
Fowler-Johnson also
This nectarine tree will in terms of climate and said pruning is important
be producting fruit in soil. because trimming the
two to three years. Those who do not have branches will give the tree
a particularly green structure and support the
STEPHANIE DUMM • thumb should not be dis- tree when fruit is on the
THE NEWS MESSENGER couraged because Fowler- tree.
Johnson gave some tips For residents with a
grandfather Gene Fowler for how to grow fruit suc- small backyard, Fowler-
did the breeding for. cessfully. Johnson said pruning
Gene Fowler founded The No. 1 tip she listed during the late spring and
Fowler Nurseries. was to not over water but in the summer will keep
The nursery offers the to water a tree at least the tree smaller because
fruit trees they feature once a week for five to six pruning then slows down
because Fowler-Johnson hours using a slow trickle the growth.
said those species “work of water. She said the easiest tree
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Nancy Fowler-
Johnson holds
a peach tree
sapling, which
she said will
be about two
feet tall by
May.
STEPHANIE DUMM •
THE NEWS MESSENGER
the apple tree but that fla-
vorful apples are available
at the grocery store.
As far as the types of
fruit trees that are
requested more often,
Fowler-Johnson said resi-
dents have been looking
for pear, nectarine and
peach trees.
Regardless of the type
of fruit tree you are in the
market for, Fowler-John-
son said the staff of
Fowler Nursery will work
with you to figure out
what type of tree should
be planted in your back-
yard.
She said each customer
is paired up with a staff
member and they will ask
questions regarding
favorite fruits and back-
yard sizes.
The time to buy fruit
trees from Fowler Nursery
is almost over as they will
“Making A Lasting Contribution To Our Clients,
To Our Community, To Our Profession.”
Margaret R. Smith, CPA Jennifer M. Jensen, CPA
Masters in Taxation
stop selling backyard fruit
and nut trees after March
6.
Fowler Nursery, at 525
Fowler Road, is open from
009
2006-2
8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday
and Saturdays until
March 6.
The prices range from
$15.49 to $19.49 per tree.
Stephanie Dumm can be
reached at stephanied@
goldcountrymedia.com
661 5th Street, Suite 101 ❖ Lincoln, CA
Phone (916) 434-1662 ❖ Fax (916) 434-1090
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THURSDAY,
MARCH 4
Lincoln Democratic Club –
General meeting will meet
at Kilaga Springs Lodge,
1187 Sun City Blvd. Social
hour at 6:30 p.m., meeting
at 7 p.m. Dr. Joe Mederios,
professor emeritus of biolo-
gy at Sierra College, will
talk about “Biodiversity.
Not just for tree huggers –
an exploration and review
of Earth’s magnificent bio-
logical diversity.” Issues to
be addressed are: What is
biodiversity, how and why is
it endangered, and what do
we stand to lose without
the conservation and
preservation of Earth’s mil-
lions of species.
Open House – An open
house with free Brazilian
cuisine will take place at
Hope Lutheran School at 6
p.m. This is an opportunity
to tour the kindergarten
through eighth gradeclass-
rooms and meet the staff.
Hope Lutheran is offering
free tuition for children
entering kindergarten for
the 2010-11 school year.
Hope Lutheran School is at
7117 Hope Way in Penryn.
Info: Principal Paul Leifer at
652-0459.
SATURDAY,
MARCH 6
Mt. Pleasant Country Store
– This all-ages fundraiser is
for the Mt. Pleasant Hall.
The Country Store only hap-
pens once every two years
at the Mt. Pleasant Hall,
3333 Mt. Pleasant Road in
rural Lincoln from 5 to 10
p.m. Includes food, fun, auc-
tion, plant sale, homemade
crafts and goodies.
Soroptimist International
of Loomis Tostada Bingo
Night – Meets at the
Loomis Memorial Hall, 5945
Horseshoe Bar Road in
Loomis, from 5 to 9 p.m.
$15 per person and free for
children 5 and under.
Includes shredded beef
tostada dinner, dessert, bev-
erage ticket, and bingo-
game packet. Tickets avail-
able at the Loomis Basin
Chamber of Commerce,
Soroptimist members or by
calling 652-5276.
South Placer Republican
Women Federated – Lun-
cheon meeting at Sierra
View Country Club, 105 Alta
Vista Ave. in Roseville. Reg-
istration is at 11:30 a.m.
with lunch at noon. $20 per
person. Make reservations
to 847-5520 or e-mail
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yahoo.com.
Methodist Church Food
Bazaar – First United
Methodist Church of Loomis
presents the 56th annual
Oriental Food Bazaar at Del
Oro High School, 3301 Tay-
lor Road in Loomis. Includes
teriyaki chicken, kushiyaki,
chow mein, and sushi. Bring
the entire family and dine in
from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. or
drop by for take out from
10:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. A
special demonstration of a
Japanese Tea Ceremony will
be presented by Soju (Sum-
ie Ward) and her students at
1 p.m., 2 p.m. and 3 p.m.
Thomas Jefferson Elemen-
tary’s fourth annual crab
feed – Includes a live and
silent auction, raffle, music,
dancing and crab at 6 p.m.
at the Placer County Fair-
grounds. $35 per person.
For more information or
tickets, call 781-7399.
MONDAY,
MARCH 8
Business Women of Lincoln
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only networking group
meets from 5:30 to 6:30
p.m. every other Monday at
801 Sterling Parkway, Suite
100. Make reservations to
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MARCH 9
Lincoln Highway Band -
Will perform at Kim’s Coun-
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from 5 to 9 p.m. Kim’s
Country Kitchen is at 537 G
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WEDNESDAY,
MARCH 10
Lincoln Open Space Com-
mittee meets - Meets regu-
larly at 6 p.m. on the sec-
ond Wednesday of each
month at Raley’s meeting
room, 765 Highway 65 in
Lincoln. Residents meet
with city staff and elected
officials to discuss future
open space planning as well
as any current concerns.
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MARCH 12
REC Solar seminars – Free
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the second Friday of each
month at Woodcreek Coun-
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SUNDAY,
MARCH 14
The Book Worm – A coed
book club meets every sec-
ond and fourth Sunday of
the month at Starbuck’s,
455 South Highway 65 in
Lincoln (Safeway Shopping
Center) at 3 p.m. Free and
open to the public. Info:
434-0596.
TUESDAY,
MARCH 16
Gloves and Shovels Gar-
den Club – Gloves and
Shovels Garden Club meets
at 10 a.m. the third Tuesday
of each month. This month’s
meeting is at Bushnell Gar-
dens, 5255 Douglas Blvd., in
Roseville. Rich Swanson will
present tips on container
gardening. For information
or reservations, call JoAnn
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WEDNESDAY,
MARCH 17
Soroptimist International
of Lincoln – Business meet-
ing at River City Bank by
Safeway, 355 South High-
way 65 in Lincoln at 5:30
p.m. Visitors are always
welcome to attend. Info:
President Jerri Curradi at
705-6009 or 434-8000.
FRIDAY,
MARCH 19
Annual ZeBunco Fundrais-
er – To benefit Lincoln High
School Sober Grad Night.
ZeBunco will be at the Vet-
eran’s Hall, 541 Fifth St. in
Lincoln. Doors open at 6
p.m. and ZeBunco starts at
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tradition of the early
church. A reception to meet
the artists will follow at 7
p.m. at St. Joseph’s Catholic
Church, 280 Oak Tree Lane
in Lincoln. Info: 645-2102.
Gaines’ mobile office –
Assemblyman Ted Gaines’
staff will be available to
answer questions about
state issues and help small
business owners with prob-
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with state government. No
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a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Lincoln
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MARCH 20
Linux, the “other” operat-
ing system – A presentation
on Linux “open source”
operating system will
include a talk by Clay
Abrams, a retired IT profes-
sional. All ages are wel-
come. Meets at the Twelve
Bridges Library, 485 Twelve
Bridges Drive in Lincoln,
from 3 to 5 p.m. Info: 434-
2410.
MONDAY,
MARCH 22
Business Women of Lincoln
– Referral-based, women-
only networking group
meets from 5:30 to 6:30
p.m. every other Monday at
801 Sterling Parkway, Suite
100. Make reservations to
Christine Bluhm at 408-
8980.
FRIDAY,
MARCH 26
Roseville Chapter No. 9 of
the Widowed Persons
Association – holds support
meetings from 10 to 11:30
a.m. the fourth Friday of
every month at Maidu Park
in Roseville. Info: 791-0843.
Rogers Family Company –
Offers free monthly public
tours of its gourmet coffee
roasting plant in Lincoln on
the last Friday of each
month at 1731 Aviation
Blvd. To sign up for the tour,
call (800) 829-1300 or 258-
8000. Tours are from 3 to 5
p.m.
SATURDAY,
MARCH 27
Community Christian
School Dessert Extrava-
ganza – Extravaganza will
be at the Lincoln Communi-
ty Center, corner of First
Street and Joiner Parkway.
Doors open at 6 p.m.
SUNDAY,
MARCH 28
The Book Worm – A coed
book club meets every sec-
ond and fourth Sunday of
the month at Starbuck’s,
455 South Highway 65 in
Lincoln at 3 p.m. Free and
open to the public. Info:
434-0596.
WEDNESDAY,
MARCH 31
Soroptimist International
of Lincoln mixer – Mixer is
at Maidu Financial, 543 G
St. in Lincoln at 6 p.m. Light
appetizers and wine will be
served. For reservations:
Elaine Giamona, 645-0575
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A little advance work can reap big rewards this spring
BY GLORIA YOUNG
GOLD COUNTRY NEWS SERVICE
pring is still a month
S away, but with sunny
days on the increase
and trees beginning to
bloom, it’s time to think
about the garden.
Tending to these basic
tasks now will help ensure
thriving lawn, plants and
trees when winter is over.
Fertilizer
Gardening expert Brad
Roeder, owner of Yamasa-
ki Nursery in Auburn,
puts this at the top of his
list. Apply fertilizer to
lawn, plants, flowers and
trees, he advised.
“The plants will start
coming out of dormancy
and you’ll want to have
food available for them,”
he said this week.
Pre-emergents
“As temperatures warm
up, the weeds will sense it
and they’ll start popping
up like wildfire,” Roeder
said.
Applying granular pre-
emergent is easy — sim-
ply sprinkle it throughout
the yard and garden area
where things are growing.
And it doesn’t have to be
watered in.
“Typically it is non-water
soluble,” Roeder said. “So it
won’t matter if you do it
before or after it rains.”
Irrigation
This is a good time to
make a thorough inspec-
tion of the sprinkler sys-
tem, getting it ready and
Cleanup
Go through the garden
and clear away debris so
the new growth will have
an easy growing path,
advises Kim Wright, own-
er of Avantgarden in
Downtown Auburn.
That includes raking
and cleaning up leaves
and downed branches.
Trim and prune
If you haven’t yet
BEN FURTADO • GOLD COUNTRY NEWS SERVICE pruned fruit trees and
Kim Wright, owner of Avantgarden in Downtown rose bushes, it’s getting a
Auburn, adds some colorful spring blooms to a little late.
container garden. But better late than
never, Wright said.
tuning it up. each cycle and visually Give rose bushes a
Over the winter, freez- inspect each sprinkler treatment of dormant oil
ing temperatures can head for damage. spray to kill any mites that
break pipes or damage
sprinkler heads. Run your
sprinkler system through
March 2010 • INSIDE LINCOLN
have lived through the
winter. Also cut back
plants that look ratty, dis-
eased or unhealthy.
Refresh
For those who didn’t
plant bulbs in the fall,
there are plenty in bloom
now at local nurseries to
add color to the garden.
Plant them in the yard
or keep them in a kitchen
window.
Make a plan
Although it’s too early
to plant vegetables, this is
a good time to start plan-
ning what to grow this
season and where you’ll
put things, Roeder said.
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Auburn gardener savors joys of onion growing
BY GLORIA YOUNG
GOLD COUNTRY NEWS SERVICE
ver the years, lifelong
O Auburn resident
Buddy Bloxham has
grown a variety of vegeta-
bles on his land just out-
side of town.
But, for him, nothing
beats the onion.
“They’re easy to grow,”
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“I started putting in the
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plant grower in the nation.
Bloxham consulted with
a Dixondale expert and
did research on the UC
Davis Web site.
He planted the onions
in 50-gallon plastic barrels
that he cut in half.
“That gives me two solid
bottoms,” he explained.
“You’ve got to have
enough drainage, so I cut
them again about another
half on each end. Some of
the barrels are totally wide
open like a big ring. Then I
put dirt into the planters.
They will drain great and
there are no weeds.”
His system seems to be
working well.
“They’re already up
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do is keep up with them.” Auburn resident Buddy Bloxham displays the
Bloxham uses regular recently planted onion seedlings sprouting in plas-
potting soil. tic planters. He’ll start harvesting his crop in June.
“It needs to be 6.2 to 6.8
pH,”he said. “You want to start out When choosing onion
Choosing the right fertil- with a 10-20-10 (mix) until starts, it’s important to
izer is another key to they start coming up and know if you’re in a long-
ensuring success. bulbing,” he said. “Once day or short-day growing
the plants start bulbing, season area.
switch to 21-0-0 — almost “We’re intermediate-day
solid nitrogen — adding it onions,” Bloxham said. “So
GOLF CART every three weeks.” any of your long day or
Once the tops start to intermediate-day (plants)
SLOWING DOWN? fall over, it’s time to stop will grow here as long as
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ONIONS: The real sweet ones you can eat like an apple SEEDS: Range of varieties
continued from page 10
they’re getting the proper amount of
fertilizer.”
He estimates his crop will be ready
for harvest in June. That means plen-
ty of onions for friends and family.
“I give a lot of them away,” he said.
But he’ll keep some for himself,
too.
“There are so many things you
can do with onions — make a good
French onion soup or put them into
salads or burgers,” he said. “The real
sweet ones you can eat like an
apple.”
French onion soup is at the top of
his list.
“Take some Worcestershire sauce,
chop up the onions and brown them
“There are so
many things
you can do
with onions.”
Buddy Bloxham
with butter,” he said. “Put that into
the crock pot. Then just add what
you want. (When the soup is ready),
toast some good French bread. Put it
under the broiler with Parmesan
and set that right on top.”
At Eisley Nursery, longtime
employee Cyndi Davis said fall and
right now are good times to plant
onions.
Locally there are several types that
do very well. continued from page 8 relatively small, there
“We typically carry the California from non-organic seeds. hasn’t been as much
red,” she said. “Walla Walla does fine Organic seeds’ parent research and develop-
here and there’s a Bermuda (onion). plants have to thrive in ment of organic vari-
Weed control is very important. organic growing condi- eties.
“(Onions) don’t like competition,” tions, where they are not Therefore the advan-
Davis said. “They like regular water- cultivated with fertilizers tage of non-organic seed
ing — they don’t like long dry-out or protected with pesti- is the wider range of vari-
periods. Generally speaking, feed cides. eties to choose from.
them with even-numbered or regu- Plants are required to On the other hand, if
lar vegetable food or an even-num- provide more of their you and others purchase
bered fertilizer when you first plant. own defense. organic seeds, the
Once the plants are well developed Their offspring are increased demand will
and you are starting to let them size well-equipped to thrive lead to an increase in
up, no more nitrogen.” in a similar setting. This variety selection.
According to aggie- is especially important to Increased develop-
horticulture.tamu.edu, gardeners consider if you garden ment and availability of
should stop fertilizing onions once organically yourself. organic seed will happen
the neck softens — about four Because the demand only if gardeners
weeks prior to harvest. for organic seed is still demand more.

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