Garden Notes

Spring has sprung in the Master Gardener Demo Garden! The garden is waking up and there is lots of colors and textures sprouting up all over.

Observing what local gardens have to offer is a great way to mark the beginning of spring. Early spring shows a garden's promise, while in late spring, fruit, flowers and foliage become more defined. San Joaquin County offers some possibilities to get you started.

Anyone who visits the Black Urban Farmers Association (BUFA) garden can feel the love and joy for growing produce as well as the inspiration and contribution these gardeners have for the Black farmers that came before them.

At the time of this article, we are still engaged in struggling through a pandemic that makes venturing outside a risky undertaking.

We've been hearing some alarming statistics about wildlife recently. Research published in the journal Science pointed to a drop of nearly three billion birds in North America since 1970.