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Digital Accessibility: Article

Email Formatting

March 6, 2026
By Stephen Dampier
Step-By-Step Accessibility AdjustmentsAccess Signature Settings:Classic Outlook: Click File > Options > Mail > Signatures.New Outlook: Go to Settings > Accounts > Signatures > Edit.Text & Fonts: Use accessible, sans-serif fonts such as Arial, Calibri, or Verdana. Ensure font size is at…
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UC Master Gardeners of Amador County: Event

Central Sierra: Small Space Gardening (Jackson)

Mar 28, 2026

Think you don't have room to garden?  Think again!  Let us show you how to optimize the space you do have with various techniques. We will discuss:Straw bale gardeningSquare foot gardeningVertical gardening and trellisingThree sistersRaised bedBags in crates, and other ways to garden in…
UC Master Gardeners of Amador County
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Seed tray filled with seeds and a light hanging above.
UC Master Gardener Program Statewide Blog: Article

Five Common Seed-Starting Mistakes — and How to Avoid Them

March 6, 2026
By Barbra Braaten
 For many people, starting seeds indoors feels like the true beginning of gardening season. Tiny green sprouts on a windowsill promise tomatoes, peppers and flowers in the months ahead.But growing plants from seed is also where many beginners get discouraged.If your young plants have ever looked tall…
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Herbs
UC Master Gardeners of Orange County: Event

[PODCAST] Square Foot Gardening - Part 1 of 2

Mar 5, 2026

Have a small space and love to grow food? This week reprise of a popular show on In the Garden with UC Master Gardeners, our beloved former KUCI staff host Mark Fierle spoke to an icon of the gardening world – Mel Bartholomew. In this show, first aired September 17, 2015 – less than one year before Mel…
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[PODCAST] Square Foot Gardening - Part 1 of 2

March 5, 2026
By Loren Nelson
Have a small space and love to grow food? This week reprise of a popular show on In the Garden with UC Master Gardeners, our beloved former KUCI staff host Mark Fierle spoke to an icon of the gardening world – Mel Bartholomew. In this show, first aired September 17, 2015 – less than one year before Mel…
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Nazzy Pakpour at Bohart Museum of Entomology. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Nazzy Pakpour: 'Curiosity Made the Scientist'

March 5, 2026
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
 There isn't much that she can't do or hasn't done!UC Davis alumna Nazzy Pakpour is a PhD, a biotech company founder, an entomologist, a children's book author, a mother of two children,  a former professor and a research scientist.Pakpour, co-founder and chief executive officer of Yeast Bay Bio, …
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