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Pest Notes
- Olive Knot
- Black Scale
UC Pest Management Guidelines (UC Statewide IPM Project Web Site)
UC Cooperative Extension Cost and Return Studies
- Almonds
  Double Line Drip Irrigation. Southern San Joaquin Valley. 2016 PDF
- Almonds
  Flood Irrigated. San Joaquin Valley North. 2011. PDF
- Almonds
  Micro-sprinkler. San Joaquin Valley North. 2016. PDF
- Olive Oil
  Super High Density. San Joaquin Valley 2007. PDF
- Olives - San Joaquin Valley. 2005 PDF
- Pecans - Sacramento/San Joaquin Valley - 2005. PDF
- Pistachios
  Low Volume Irrigation - San Joaquin Valley South. 2015. PDF
- Walnuts
  Late Leafing - Lateral Bearing. San Joaquin Valley North. 2017. PDF
- Walnuts
  Micro-Sprinkler Irrigation - San Joaquin Valley North. 2007 PDF

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Central Sierra: El Dorado County | Master Gardener | Veggie Plant Care Tip Sheet

View or download the Veggie Plant Care Tip Sheet SEEDLING CARE LIGHT Your seedlings are partially hardened off by being outside and exposed to the sun. Continue to take them outside as long as the temperature is above 50 degrees.

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Central Sierra: El Dorado County | Master Gardener | Japanese gardens

Japanese Gardens are traditional-style gardens that have existed since the sixth to seventh centuries BC. These unique gardens embody principles of Japanese culture, religion, and reverence for beauty and the simplicity of nature.

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Central Sierra: El Dorado County | Master Gardener | Fairy Gardens

Fairy gardens and fantasy creations create bright spots of interest in your garden, captivating children and adults alike. They can be full of pixies, dragons, or dinosaurs, or perhaps have little dwellings that invite the imagination to fill them.

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Central Sierra: El Dorado County | Master Gardener | Cyclamen-Color in Winter

Cyclamen A Pop of Color in Winter By Anne Bettencourt UCCE Master Gardeners of El Dorado County Most flowering perennials are dormant during cooler winter months.

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Central Sierra: El Dorado County | Master Gardener | Hugelkultur

Grow a garden on hard-pan, lava rock or other inhospitable surface by building a hgel first. Much less expensive than container or raised-bed gardening, hgelkultur is a traditional way to build a garden bed. Never buy bagged soil again! Build a hgel and make your own planting soil.

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Central Sierra: El Dorado County | Master Gardener | The Ultimate Raised Bed: Hügelkultur

By Pauline Atkins UCCE Master Gardeners of El Dorado County This article originally appeared in the 4/19/23 Mountain Democrat At the Sherwood Demonstration Garden Vegetable Garden, Master Gardeners of El Dorado County volunteers assembled a Hgelkultur.

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Central Sierra: El Dorado County | Master Gardener | Rocks and Succulents

It is a pretty safe guess that most all of us have plenty of native rock on our properties here in El Dorado County.

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Central Sierra: El Dorado County | Master Gardener | California Native Plants

Do the bright green leaves of buckeye bring stirrings of spring? Do lupine blossoms remind you of hiking your favorite trails? Did you get to see your favorite wildflower during this years super bloom?

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Central Sierra: El Dorado County | Master Gardener | Don't Plant a Pest

UCCE Master Gardeners of El Dorado County appeared in the 11-16-2022 Mountain Democrat Pests in the garden are not always creepy crawlers; they can be plants too, and some are even very attractive.

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Central Sierra: El Dorado County | Master Gardener | Winter Container Gardening

UCCE Master Gardeners of El Dorado County appeared in the 11-09-2022 Mountain Democrat Studies have shown that flowers are stress relievers. As the days get shorter and colder, it is time to say goodbye to warm weather gardens.

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