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Crop Rotation

Make it a habit to change the location of crops each year. Rotating crops in the garden not only enhances soil fertility, but it can be effective against insect and disease pests that develop on a narrow range of vegetable plants.
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Training fruit trees

In order to support the weight of a potentially large fruit or nut crop, it's important to use training in the first few years to create a strong scaffold and branch structure. Three specific training methods are shown below.
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Home Temp

Below are draft news items destined to appear on the Master Gardener home page. Once they move to "Home," they will be removed from this page. It's here! Our 2025 edition is on sale now. For only $12 (plus postage) you can have a whole year of gardening advice delivered to your door.
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2020 Gardening Guide Appendix

This page has been removed. Please visit our Publications page for Master Gardener and UC ANR resources. The Appendix (5.
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Straw Bale Demonstration - 2018

Home Horticulture Center Vegetables Straw Bale Gardening 2018 click to enlarge It is the summer for sweet potatoes! In 2014, we grew our first sweet potatoes in one of the raised beds in the Fair Oaks Horticulture Center vegetable garden.
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Straw Bale Gardening Demonstration - 2017

Home Horticulture Center Vegetables Straw Bale Gardening 2017 click to enlarge Our fifth summer of straw bale vegetable gardening at the Fair Oaks Horticulture Center featured a second attempt at growing dwarf tomato varieties.
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In the vineyard

January | February | March | April | May | June July | August | September/October | November/December The winters chill may have you dreaming about warm weather and luscious, ripe fruit growing in your own backyard.
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