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UC Master Gardeners of San Mateo & San Francisco Counties: Event

Master Gardener Education Table at Imagine Together Festival

Aug 29, 2026

UC Master Gardeners will staff an education table at Imagine Together, a festival for all ages to explore the future of Belmont’s Community Center. Master Gardener volunteers will be located by the Barrett Community Garden and look forward to answering your home gardening questions. Come see us!Photo credit:…
UC Master Gardeners of San Mateo & San Francisco Counties
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San Diego Pride 2026 poster with the text Pride Shines On, featuring a stylized sun and rainbow colors in a variety of shapes.
UC Master Gardeners of San Diego County: Event

Ask-A-Master Gardener at Pride Festival

Jul 19, 2026

Celebrate diversity and inclusion at Pride Festival, San Diego's biggest LGBTQIA+ summer party. Bring your gardening questions to our Ask-A-Master Gardener booth and we'll help find answers with research-based information on home horticulture, pest management, and sustainable landscape practices. And ask us…
UC Master Gardeners of San Diego County
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San Diego Pride 2026 poster with the text Pride Shines On, featuring a stylized sun and rainbow colors in a variety of shapes.
UC Master Gardeners of San Diego County: Event

Ask-A-Master Gardener at Pride Festival

Jul 18, 2026

Celebrate diversity and inclusion at Pride Festival, San Diego's biggest LGBTQIA+ summer party. Bring your gardening questions to our Ask-A-Master Gardener booth and we'll help find answers with research-based information on home horticulture, pest management, and sustainable landscape practices. And ask us…
UC Master Gardeners of San Diego County
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Summer Freezer Treats Workshop spelled out above a scoop of vanilla ice cream covered in red strawberry syrup
UCCE Master Food Preservers of Fresno, Madera, and Merced: Event

Summer Freezer Treats: Ice Cream Toppings & More

Jul 17, 2026

Learn best practices for preserving by freezing! Make dairy and non-dairy ice cream, along with a variety of toppings including freezer jam. 
UCCE Master Food Preservers of Fresno, Madera, and Merced
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Side view of Ceanothus silk moth larva munching on manzanita. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Make Mine Manzanita

July 10, 2026
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
 A Ceanothus silk moth caterpillar is munching away on manzanita in an enclosed habitat in the corner of our kitchen. Seems like a good place to eat as any! Our tuxedo cat, Miss Sarah Sylvia Cynthia Stout, does not know it's there. If she did, being a curious sort, she'd want to investigate…
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Mint plant
UC Master Gardeners of San Mateo & San Francisco Counties: Event

Growing Herbs for Flavor and Fun

Jul 18, 2026

Learn about growing herbs with UC Master Gardeners Carolyn Dorsch and Naomi Mier. They'll discuss how to grow herbs from seed and propagate from cuttings, explain the different families of herbs, and provide examples of culinary and non-culinary uses. Herb seeds and seedlings will be available while supplies…
UC Master Gardeners of San Mateo & San Francisco Counties
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seed weevil damage
Topics in Subtropics: Article

Native Avocado Seed Weevil

July 10, 2026
By Hamutahl Cohen
A native seed weevil will go after avocado fruit that is down on the ground, either fallen or hanging low on the tree. It is best to remove these fruits so that the weevil numbers don't multiply.
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The Resilient Monkeyflower

July 10, 2026
By Corinne Yoshihara, UC Master Gardener of Napa County.  Monkeyflowers are one of my favorite native plants. They have cheerful colors, are very resilient and have great ecological value. In my garden, they thrive mostly on their own. Their seeds scatter serendipitously, and their flowers add lovely…
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Stanislaus County: Article

Evapotranspiration Report - 07/10/2026

July 10, 2026
Please find the attached document to provide the previous week’s estimated water use report in terms of evapotranspiration for almonds, peaches, walnuts, established vineyard, alfalfa, and pasture in Stanislaus County. This report may be used as a guide in your irrigation schedule for the coming week. …
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