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UC Master Gardeners of Placer County: Article

Cover Crops

December 6, 2025
By Elaine Applebaum, UC Master Gardener of Placer CountyQ: I’ve heard people talk about growing a “cover crop” but don’t understand what they mean. Can you explain? A: Unlike crops that we grow to eat, cover crops are grown to feed the soil, protecting and improving it for future plantings. It…
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UC Master Gardeners of Placer County: Article

Autumn: The Best Time to Plant

December 6, 2025
Laurie Meyerpeter, UC Master Gardeners of Placer County From The Curious Gardener, Fall 2007Fall is the best time to plant most garden plants and trees in mild winter climates. Most trees and shrubs have a significant increase in growth after the first year when compared with spring planted trees and shrubs…
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UC Master Gardeners of Placer County: Article

Stocking the Toolshed: Choosing the Right Hand Tools

December 6, 2025
Lynn Lorenson, UC Master Gardeners of Nevada County From The Curious Gardener, Spring 2008Gardening is hard on your body. Choosing a tool that fits the size of your body and strength is only the beginning. Even if the tool is comfortable to use, injury can happen. The main risk is overuse of a muscle or…
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UC Master Gardeners of Placer County: Article

Seed-starting Supplies: The Old, the New, the Cheap

December 6, 2025
Trish Grenfell, UC Master Gardeners of Placer County From The Curious Gardener, Winter 2007Soon we gardeners will start fantasizing about the rebirth of a warmer sun illuminating a March morning. We are ready to give birth again also—to life in the garden.So what do you need to start seeds indoors? Basically…
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UC Master Gardeners of Placer County: Article

Autumn Chores in the Garden

December 6, 2025
Author: Gay Wilhelm, UC Master Gardeners of Placer County From the Curious Gardener, Fall 2007Fall begins my gardening year. The hot languid days of summer shorten and the temperature dips. There is so much to do to set the stage for the year to come. The possibilities grow but time is short before winter…
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UC Master Food Preservers of San Joaquin County: Page

Sourdough

The Science, Art and Skill for Sourdough 2024 Virtual Sourdough Series:  Session 1 The Science of Sourdough  This class speaks of the science of the process and the flours used for making starters. Presentation RecordingSession 2 Making and Maintaining a Sourdough StarterPresentation…
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Drone fly nectaring on Mexican sunflower. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

A Drone Is a Drone Is a Drone

December 5, 2025
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
 It's "Friday Fly Day" but we haven't seen a drone fly (Eristalis tenax) for at least a month.It's a member of the hover fly family, Syrphidae, but it manages to appear almost everywhere as...a... bee. A drone is a drone is a drone. A bee is a bee is a bee. (Thank you, Gertrude Stein, who penned "A…
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Walnuts
Tehama County: Event

North Sacramento Valley Walnut Day 2026

Mar 5, 2026

Please join us for 2026 Walnut Day! Lunch is provided at no cost, thanks to the generosity of the California Walnut Board and Commission, with registration before February 24th, 2026. 
Tehama County
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