This week on In the Garden with UC Master Gardeners, Master Gardener Mark Fierle will talk with fellow MG Brian Hale about Homegrown Tomatoes!

No doubt a gardener's favorite! It's almost Spring so when the weather warms the soil enough to put your favorite varieties of tomatoes in the ground, we'll give you “food for thought” so you can start thinking about your plans.

Plum, grape, cherry, beefsteak, heirloom. Red, orange, yellow, black, even striped! Tasty AND colorful!

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Podcast Topic: Tomatoes

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How to plant from seed, how to transplant, care and maintenance, and recommendations on varieties of tomatoes.

This week on In the Garden, UCCE Master Gardener and Host Teena Spindler discusses the topic of Backyard Orchards with nurseryman and author Tom Spellman.

Yes, even though you might think you have a yard too small to grow deciduous fruit trees, Tom might just convince you otherwise.

Nowadays, you can grow as many as four compatible trees in the space it used to take to grow one. Learn what it takes to plant, care for, and gather the harvest from your very own orchard almost year-round!

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Podcast Topic: Backyard Orchards

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Whether you are a novice or a pro, this class will provide lots of information.