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Master Garden Monthly Newsletter - archived

Subscribe to the Master Gardener Monthly Newsletter2021 December 2021 November 2021 October 2021 September 2021 August 2021 July 2021 June 2021 May 2021 Special Edition May 2021 Apr 2021 Mar 2021 Feb 2021 Jan 2021 2020 Dec 2020 Nov 2020 Oct 2020 Sept 2020 Aug 2020 Special Edition Aug 2020 July 2020...
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Food Bank List

Food Pantry Donations for General Distribution Harvest for Neighbors July 2022 San Francisco and Daly City Organization Address/Phone Email Website Drop off Days & Times PRODUCE NOTES The Food Pantry at St. Gregory Nyssa 500 De Haro St. San Francisco, CA 94107 415 680-5948 hiratemiki@gmail.com www.
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Gardening Education Center (GEC)

The Gardening Education Center (GEC) is a dynamic, experimental garden where UC Master Gardeners employ environmentally sound, water-wise methods to propagate a wide variety of fruits, vegetables, herbs, pollinator plants and cover crops throughout the year.
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By Season: Spring in Your Garden

Feed your garden with organic all-purpose plant fertilizer. Continue to prepare planting beds for spring: Turn the soil and add up to inch of compost. Test your soil for pH, nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium and add appropriate fertilizers or supplements.
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By Season: Summer in Your Garden

Clean: dead flowers, fallen fruit, leaves and nuts to discourage fungal growth and pests. Plant: beans, cucumbers, eggplant, peppers, pumpkins, summer squash and tomatoes Water: Check irrigation systems by turning them on and inspecting them to make sure everything is working properly.
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By Season: Autumn in Your Garden

Plant bulbs for spring colorful fall flowers: pansies, violas, mums, stock, snapdragons, cyclamen. cool season vegetables: garlic cloves (2 inches deep and 3 to 6 inches apart) Fertilize azaleas, camellias and rhododendrons with fertilizer for acid-loving plants.
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By Season: Winter in Your Garden

Inventory all sprays and pesticides; take outdated or unneeded chemicals to a hazardous waste center. Find a hazardous waste drop-off location in San Mateo County here. For disposal in San Francisco County, check here. Plant: Cool-season annuals such as violas, primroses and pansies.
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San Carlos Native Plant Habitat Garden

Master Gardeners have created a native habitat garden and ecosystem, designed to be low maintenance, educational, and teeming with life. Native California plants were chosen to create a diverse community that provides food for wildlife, attracting birds, butterflies, and other pollinators. This 8,000 square…
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UC Master Gardener Tree Stumps

Master Gardeners find urban tree stumps, evaluate the visible wood decay and then enter the information into an online database. The presence of decay is an element of tree risk assessment, which is used in urban tree management (retention/removal).
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Soil

Healthy soil is the single most important building block in gardening. First, make sure you know what kind of soil you have. Then, consider techniques to build healthy soil that will grow a bountiful garden.
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