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UCCE Water and Climate Program - Mendocino and Lake: Page

What is SGMA?

What Is SGMA? Understanding California’s Groundwater LawCalifornia’s Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA), passed in 2014, is one of the state’s most important water laws. It was created in response to decades of declining groundwater levels, land subsidence, and the growing recognition that…
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Placer / Nevada Counties: Page

Fire-Smart Landscaping

Fire is an ever-present risk in our foothill communities. Locally UCCE offers many resources to help residents of Placer and Nevada counties improve the fire resiliency of their home landscapes. To help residents of the Sierra Foothills interpret and apply defensible space strategies to their own properties,…
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Placer / Nevada Counties: Page

Landscaping

If you have questions about home gardening, please contact the UC Master Gardeners in your county:Placer County Master Gardeners Nevada County Master Gardeners
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Raised garden beds with Swiss Chard
Fresno Gardening Green: Article

Don’t let physical limitations keep you from gardening

September 26, 2025
By Jeannette Warnert
 Gardening has many benefits as we grow older. Physical agility, mental sharpness, emotional health and a longer life have all been tied to gardening. It can also help to improve balance. However, as we get older, our bodies change, making gardening more difficult. Master Gardener William Elliott…
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Lettuce seedlings
Fresno Gardening Green: Article

This week in the garden: Sept. 26 - Oct. 2

September 26, 2025
By Jeannette Warnert
Pick a bouquet of herbs in the early morning to retain flavor. Keep them in a vase and use them all week.TasksMonitor soil moisture after rain and water if needed, especially for trees and shrubs.Renovate cool-season lawns – remove thatch and aerate.Hand pick snails and slugs in the early morning or use bait…
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UC Cooperative Extension - Madera County: Page

Support UC Master Gardeners of Madera County

Donate to the Fresno County Master Gardener programYOU DONATEWE DELIVERLIVES CHANGEDonate Choose Giving Destination: Fresno County Master Gardener DONATE: UCANR / University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources Division (UC ANR) headquartered in Davis, California.   Please…
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Building sub-irrigated planters
UC Master Gardener Program of Contra Costa County: Article

Supply in the Sky: Rainwater Harvesting for the Win

September 25, 2025
By Lori D Palmquist
If you had a desire to plant a garden that not only grows veggies in raised beds, but also nurtures 5,000 seedlings for a plant sale and features a pollinator garden to help those veggies thrive, would you choose a site that has no piped-in water and no electricity? It’s improbable that you would even give…
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Our Garden in Walnut Crek, photo courtesy by Greg Letts
UC Master Gardener Program of Contra Costa County: Article

Seasonal Update on our Central and East County Demo Gardens

September 25, 2025
By Cynthia Engers
As most of our readers probably noticed, this summer in Contra Costa County was unusually cool.  Some of you may have observed different behavior in your home gardens as a consequence, and might like to know how two of our Master Gardener demonstration gardens reacted to milder temperatures.Very…
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Irrigating citrus
Topics in Subtropics: Article

Irrigation Information Online from UC Davis

September 25, 2025
By Ben A Faber
Irrigation Educational MaterialOur objective is to support Californians’ efforts to improve economic competitiveness and protect environmental quality in matters relating to land, air and water resources in agricultural, rural, urban and natural landscape settings.Our program is dedicated to the study of…
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The Confluence: Article

Engaging audiences in water science and policy through art

September 25, 2025
By Edith de Guzman
 Attendees mingling at the exhibit opening reception at Avenue 50 Studio in Los Angeles. (Photo Credit: Shanley Kellis)Engaging audiences at the nexus of art and science can produce results that are more profound and surprising than expected. As both an artist and a scientist I’ve had several…
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