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Answer Your Gardening Questions - Costa Mesa
UC Master Gardeners of Orange County: Event

Answer Your Gardening Questions - Costa Mesa

Jul 16, 2025 - Aug 17, 2025

Visit Our Booth at the Fair!UC Master Gardeners will be on hand to answer your gardening questions at our booth and in the gardens and will provide special displays and discussions about composting/vermiculture, hydroponics, emerging tree pests, and more. You will find us just outside the Silo Building all…
UC Master Gardeners of Orange County
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Epiphytes - Zoom Presentation
UC Master Gardeners of Orange County: Event

Epiphytes - Zoom Presentation

Jul 16, 2025

Take an adventure into the exotic world of epiphytes! Learn their history, care, and their many varieties: bromeliads, tillandsias, epiphyllum, epiphytic ferns, and orchids.  Join us for our monthly series of online Zoom horticultural talks scheduled for the third Wednesday of each month (excluding…
UC Master Gardeners of Orange County
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A honey bee and a morning glory. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

Glory Bee!

June 12, 2025
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
 If a bee takes a liking to a morning glory, is it a glory bee?Have you seen the Convolvulus tricoloris flower,  commonly known as "morning glory" or "bindweed"? The plant boasts a flared blue trumpet flower with a white throat and yellow center. The genus is Latin for "twine around." The …
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rows of vineyard being grazed by sheep and goats
Central Sierra Livestock & Natural Resources: Event

Central Sierra: Grazing in the Vineyard

Jun 24, 2025

Grazing in the Vineyard with Delfino FarmsA hands-on workshop about livestock grazing in vineyards. Our program includes: Basics of vineyard grazing and suitabilityReasons to graze your vineyardVineyard:Livestock:Forage relationshipHosted by UC Cooperative Extension Livestock and Natural Resources…
Central Sierra Livestock & Natural Resources
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digger bee
Topics in Subtropics: Article

After Fire

June 12, 2025
By Ben A Faber
Fire Followers – Plant and PollinatorSoon after the Fall 2024 fires in Ventura County we saw the hills starting to turn green, and dotted with white flowers – calystegia.  This is a common sight after fires in southern California, a land of frequent fires. It looks like bindweed and is called false…
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AI generated stopwatch
UC Master Food Preservers of Central Sierra: Article

Central Sierra: The Two-Hour Rule (EDC MFP)

June 12, 2025
By Robin E Martin
Preserve It! Food on the counter for longer than two hours is potentially unsafe by UCCE Master Food Preserver of El Dorado County Laurie Lewis Whether you are serving a family meal or setting out food for that garden party or potluck, we want everyone to be safe. The memories of those meals should…
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Photo of Compost
UC Master Gardeners • Napa County: Event

Napa Library Talk - Compost: It’s Alive!

Sep 4, 2025

An overview of the benefits of compost for the home gardener.Join the UC Master Gardeners of Napa County to explore our undying fascination with compost.  Learn how decay breeds life in your garden, and how you can harness its power to grow to new heights.  
UC Master Gardeners • Napa County
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brown and white eggs in a carton
UC Master Food Preservers of Central Sierra: Article

Central Sierra: Freezing Eggs (EDC MFP)

June 12, 2025
By Robin E Martin
 Preserve It! Freezing eggs is a viable and safe option  by UCCE Master Food Preserver of El Dorado County Laurie Lewis  Eggs:  Such a perfect source of nutrition, a complete protein in a small oval shell. If you have fresh eggs from your own chickens or a local source, that’s wonderful…
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Farmer
UC Organic Agriculture Institute: Event

Small Farmer & Rancher Creating Your Business Identity Workshop

Jun 26, 2025

The Community Alliance with Family Farmers (CAFF) and the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA's) Office of Partnerships & Public Engagement (OPPE) are partnering to host a Small Farmer & Rancher Creating Your Business Identify Virtual Workshop.  The virtual workshop will cover…
UC Organic Agriculture Institute
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