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The Real Dirt

Learn to start tomato plants from seed at the Spring Garden Talk. Kristina Thompson

The Real Dirt blog covers regional gardening issues from soil health to planting for pollinators; from fire resistant landscaping to attracting wildlife. Read all about it!

Don’t Step on It: Invasion of the Brown Marmorated Stink Bug

January 19, 2018

By Laura Lukes, UC Master Gardener of Butte County, January 19, 2018 Be on the lookout for the Brown Marmorated Stink Bug (BMSB), says Emily Symmes, the newly-appointed Butte County Director for UC Cooperative Extension.

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What the Land Told Them: Permaculture in Practice, Part Two

January 5, 2018

By Laura Lukes, UC Master Gardener of Butte County, and Stephanie Ladwig-Cooper and Anne Ainsworth, Earthshed Solutions, January 5, 2018. We begin where we left off in Part One: listening to the land.

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