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UC ANR Innovate: Page

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Agricultural innovation doesn't fail for lack of ideas—it fails for lack of connection.California has world class research universities, a diverse and productive agricultural sector, ambitious climate economic development goals, growing ecosystem entrepreneurs building solutions. But too often, these pieces…
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Apple Tree
UC Master Gardeners of Placer County: Event

Fruit Tree Care, Lincoln Library

Mar 21, 2026

Learn 10 tips for caring for your fruit trees, including how to select the right tree, and the correct way to plant. Join a UC Master Gardener of Placer County as they provide pruning tips and care advice to encourage a fruitful crop.
UC Master Gardeners of Placer County
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Photo of seedlings growing in a greenhouse.
The Savvy Sage: Article

Join our Kitchen Garden Chat via Zoom

January 2, 2026
By Deborah Cunningham
  Article and photos by Treva Valentine - In the past, when people mentioned to me that they garden, I always pictured them vegetable gardening. When I trained with the UC Master Gardener Program some thirty years ago, I quickly realized that many people who garden don’t have anything edible…
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Containers of fresh picked apricots.
The Savvy Sage: Article

January Garden Tips and Vegetable Planting Guide

January 2, 2026
By Deborah Cunningham
 Article and photos by Peg Smith - We wish you Happy Gardening in 2026! We often set New Year’s resolutions in our lives at this time, some we achieve, some we move the needle on, and some fall by the wayside. In thinking of garden resolutions, we would encourage: to think ahead; plan; take…
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Stepover pruned apple trees along a walkway.
The Savvy Sage: Article

What’s a Stepover Fruit Tree?

January 2, 2026
By Deborah Cunningham
Article by Peg Smith - January and February are the prime time for adding fruit trees to the garden. Many gardeners are dealing with smaller gardens where space is a premium. Often, the consideration of adding fruit trees meets the thought, ‘I don’t have enough room.’ Always Wanted Fruit Trees But…
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[PODCAST] Bird Friendly Garden

January 1, 2026
By Loren Nelson
The topic this week on In the Garden with UC Master Gardeners is Bird-Friendly Gardens.  In studio live, we’ll have Melissa Rapp, a current UC Master Gardener AND Executive Committee President at the Sea and Sage Audubon Society. We have a past recording of a show from 2018 featuring the wonderful…
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Cabbage white butterfly, Pieris rapae, in flight. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

Net a Butterfly, Photograph a Bee

January 1, 2026
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
 New Year's Day is not only the beginning of a year, but it's also the beginning of two UC Davis insect contests: one involving a cabbage white butterfly, and the other, a bumble bee.Chances are no one won either one today, as it's been raining almost non-stop, and the 10-day forecast predicts an 80…
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Peaches
Fresno Gardening Green: Article

Guidance for adding new fruit trees to the garden

January 1, 2026
Some of the world’s best fruit tree hybridizers are located here in the Central Valley and the selection of fruit trees available to Central Valley gardeners as bare root stock in January is extensive. Fruit tree hybridizers are consistently developing new heat- and drought-tolerant varieties suitable…
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bare root roses
Fresno Gardening Green: Article

This week in the garden: Jan. 2 - 8

January 1, 2026
Roses are planted bare root in January or February, but other rose tasks may also be done this month.TasksNew roses of many varieties are featured in magazines and articles - or view them online. Look for those you like, select ones that are suitable for your area, and buy them bare root. Consider the…
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Red roses with raindrops
Fresno Gardening Green: Article

Rosie's corner: Preparing for next month's rose pruning

January 1, 2026
After last month’s cold and fog, are your roses starting to look awful? Some of mine are and some are not. Mother Nature is amazing! Some of the leaves on my rose bushes/climbers have turned yellow and fallen off. Many of my roses are still pumping out buds and blooms. If your roses have lost their leaves,…
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