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Garden Notes: Article

Recipes from the Garden: A Taste of the Season

October 8, 2025
By Marceline D Sousa
After a cool, crisp fall day, there is nothing as comforting as a warm, hearty meal. One-pot meals are an answer to the perfect fall dinner. With no use of multiple pots and pans, there is the additional bonus of cleanup being a breeze. You can just toss all your ingredients into one pot, sheet pan, skillet,…
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Salvia ‘Mystic Spires’
Garden Notes: Article

My Favorite Plants

October 8, 2025
By Marceline D Sousa
Here are a few plants that are blooming in my garden now or were until very recently.   Layia platyglossa, or tidy tips, is an annual California native with a sweet scent and sunny innocence. It is easy and quick to grow and you will be rewarded with a profusion of  2-inch blooms…
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Peeling Manzanita bark
Garden Notes: Article

Manzanita—“Little Apple”

October 8, 2025
By Marceline D Sousa
 “I hate manzanita!” is the sentiment of a friend of mine who in the early 90s, while working in the U.S. Forest Service with archeologists, was on the lowly field crew, surveying areas scheduled for logging. They were hunting for historic and prehistoric artifacts, often spending way too many hours…
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Close up of sunflowers
Garden Notes: Article

Horticultural Terms—Tropism

October 8, 2025
By Marceline D Sousa
Tropism (trow-piz-em) n. in botany. An involuntary orientation by an organism or one of its parts that involves turning or curving by movement or by differential growth and is a positive or negative response to a source of stimulation. Out of curiosity, I looked up the word for how sunflowers…
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Garden Notes: Article

Growing Knowledge: Designing, Planting, and Using a Therapeutic Garden

October 8, 2025
By Marceline D Sousa
Designing, Planting, and Using a Therapeutic Garden by Sue Jeffries In the classic 1970 folk song, “Woodstock,” Joni Mitchell opined “…and we’ve got to get ourselves back to the garden.” In fact, data suggest that 60% of us spend less than 30 minutes per day outdoors, 30% of us less than one…
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Garden Notes: Article

What’s the Best Pot for You? It Depends …

October 8, 2025
By Marceline D Sousa
  How easy is it to pick the best container for your plant? Is it just a matter of size of the container—10 inches versus 12 inches?—or color? Below are some factors to consider that will help provide your chosen plant the best chance at a healthy and happy life.  Know Your…
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Garden Notes: Article

Bats in the Garden are Nature’s Night Shift

October 8, 2025
By Marceline D Sousa
When I think of Halloween and the familiar decorations that pop up in neighborhoods, one creature always comes to mind, the bat. From eerie silhouettes hanging in windows to plastic models dangling from porches, bats are synonymous with spookiness. But why? Perhaps it’s their connection to vampire folklore…
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pumpkin sitting on a fence post with vines behind it
Under the Solano Sun: Article

Fall Season Miku

October 8, 2025
By Jennifer M Baumbach
Haiku by Mike Gunther Less light and low sun Seasonal change is now here Soon cool wet weather 
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Ripe pluots ready to pick. A new workshop focuses on how to tell when it's best to pick various fruits. Laura Kling
The Real Dirt: Article

Master Gardeners Fall Workshop Series

October 7, 2025
UC Master Gardeners of Butte County are midway through their 2025 fall series of workshops. From now to the middle of December, there are eleven topics to explore, including six all-new ones. There is something here for beginning and experienced gardeners alike, and for every size of home garden.
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