SAN LEANDRO, CA — Gardening is a year-round pursuit in the Bay Area. According to the UC Master Gardener Program of Alameda County, San Leandro residents have a busy month in the garden, including:
- Plan your summer garden. For vegetable variety recommendations for areas near coastal California, consider the recommendations from our test garden. Another useful resource for gardeners whose plots are influenced by the San Francisco Bay's maritime weather is Plant Recommendations West of the East Bay Hills .
- Buy seeds.
- Plant bare root fruit and shade trees, roses, shrubs and vines. For information on fruit tree varieties, check out UC Davis’ Home Orchard site.
- Plant bare-root artichokes, asparagus, blackberries, grapes, raspberries, rhubarb, and strawberries.
- Start seeds (indoors) of cool-season leafy vegetables (lettuce, Swiss chard, spinach, etc), Brassica family crops (broccoli, spring cabbage, cauliflower, etc.), and leeks.
- Prune dormant deciduous plants such as flowering vines, fruit and shade trees, grapes, roses and hydrangeas.
- Prune salvias, penstemons, butterfly bush, California fuchsia and other summer-blooming perennial shrubs.
The Master Gardener Program didn’t mention picking citrus fruit in January. Liz Whitt, of San Leandro, filled a beautiful bowl with Kumquats from her tree. Oranges, lemons and other citrus are also bearing fruit right now.
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