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how to grow potatoes in Sonoma County
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Potatoes

Of more than 4,000 known varieties of potatoes, only about 100 are commercially marketed and sold in produce markets. While it is impossible for home gardeners to explore all the rest, nurseries and seed catalogs offer dozens of quality possibilities for growing in home gardens.
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Sweet Potatoes

In produce markets, sweet potatoes are often labeled as yams, but the two are not the same and have very different tastes and textures. In general, sweet potatoes have a moist, sweet interior whereas yams are starchier, more like true potatoes.
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The Long Month of December

Sonoma County is a great place to live. If we are so inclined, we can food garden all year. Each month there are vegetables that can be planted along with many hardy herbs.
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growing onions in Sonoma County
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Onions

Onions vary considerably in several ways, prompting gardeners to make selections carefully. There are differences in color, pungency or sweetness, bulb size and shape, and suitability for storage.
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Winter Herbs Indoors

When annual herbs disappear from garden beds and perennials are cut back for a rest, indoor herb gardens bring freshness and flavor to the kitchen. Making a few adjustments to their care is all it takes to keep favorite herbs at hand for clipping.
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tips for growing rhubarb in the home garden
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Rhubarb

Somewhat surprisingly, rhubarb is a member of the buckwheat (Polygonaceae) family, rhubarb’s perennial, fleshy rhizomes and thick, succulent stalks grow best in cool microclimates where the average summer temperature is less than 75 degrees.
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Garden Sense program of Sonoma County
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Garden Sense

Free home garden consultations to create a beautiful low water use garden offered by the UC Master Gardener Program of Sonoma County in partnership with Sonoma Water and the Sonoma-Marin Saving Water Partnership.
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Tarragon

Tarragon is one of the four ingredientsalong with parsley, chives and chervil in fines herbes used in classic French cooking, but it can stand on its own as an aromatic flavoring for meat, fish, eggs, and many vegetable dishes. Plants must be acquired carefully to avoid those that lack flavor.
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tips for growing carrots in your home food garden
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Carrots

Carrots have been a staple food for centuries in Europe, Africa, and Asia for their easy care, nutritive value, and versatility in food preparation. Their rainbow of colors attracts gardeners today, a feature popular with children for snacking and growing in school and home gardens.
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