The Coastal Gardener

The Coastal Gardener, a quarterly Newsletter from the UC Master Gardeners of Humboldt & Del Norte Counties.

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August Garden Notes

August 5, 2022
By Sherida J Phibbs
Do you wonder what seasonal gardening tasks should be done month-by-month? Or what seasonal pests to be looking out for? The Humboldt/Del Norte Master Gardener Help Desk Team is providing you with some tasks that will help you maintain and grow beautiful edibles and landscape plants.
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Nature of Oaks

Book Review - The Nature of Oaks, Douglas Tallamy

July 25, 2022
By Sherida J Phibbs
DouglasTallamy. 2021 THE NATURE OF OAKS. Oregon: Timber Press. 197 pages ISBN-10 : 1643260448 Every book has a lesson to learn; a message to deliver. Douglas Tallamy's lessons are profound and insightful helping to reveal the natural world in greater clarity and cohesiveness.
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Chard Crust

From Garden to Table

July 23, 2022
By Sherida J Phibbs
CHARD CRUST QUICHE UC Master Gardeners are notorious for an over-abundance of produce from their garden. UC Master Gardener Jennifer created a non flour quiche crust using chard. "I used to make this all the time! What happened? So it is a quiche with a chard crust.
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