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Installing an operating a drip watering system for your home garden
UC Master Gardener Program of Sonoma County: Event

Installing and Operating a Drip Watering System

May 24, 2025

 Does your current irrigation system exceed 90% efficiency getting water to the root zones of your plants? This presentation will provide options and key considerations for drip irrigation to put the right amount of water in the right place when plants need it without excess runoff, over-spray, or waste…
UC Master Gardener Program of Sonoma County
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UC Master Gardeners of San Mateo & San Francisco Counties: Event

Master Gardener Education Table at Compost Awareness Week

May 10, 2025

Description: The City of San Mateo is hosting a Compost Awareness event as part of Compost Awareness Week. UC Master Gardeners will be on hand to answer general gardening questions and explain how to care for your soil and the life in it.
UC Master Gardeners of San Mateo & San Francisco Counties
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Small space container gardening
UC Master Gardener Program of Sonoma County: Event

Small Space Gardening in Containers

May 31, 2025

 On a balcony or other small space, you can grow an amazing number of plants even without a patch of land. Learn about small-scale food and ornamental gardening in containers!  Master Gardeners Nancy Creveling and Ellie Samuel will cover the benefits of container gardening, what makes a suitable…
UC Master Gardener Program of Sonoma County
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UC Master Gardeners of San Mateo & San Francisco Counties: Event

Backyard Composting

May 22, 2025

Description: Much of what is hauled away from your curbside green bin can instead be kept and converted into compost, by you. Whether you have a yard, or just a small, cool spot to place a worm bin, this presentation will help you get started on composting. We'll describe ways you can turn kitchen scraps and…
UC Master Gardeners of San Mateo & San Francisco Counties
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UC Master Gardeners of San Mateo & San Francisco Counties: Event

Cultivando para Salsas Frescas (Growing Crops for Fresh Salsa)

Apr 26, 2025

Descripción: ¡Aprende a cultivar tomates, pimientos, hierbas, ajo y cebolla! Jardinera Maestra Rebecca Flato explicará todo sobre la cultivación de estas plantas. Aprenderemos cómo elegir tomates para el clima de San Mateo, cultivar las plantas, cosechar, y preparar la tierra para la próxima cosecha. No se…
UC Master Gardeners of San Mateo & San Francisco Counties
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Fruit infested with codling moth
UC Marin Master Gardeners: Article

Codling moths: protect your fruit tree from them now!

March 31, 2025
 If you have fruit trees, especially apples, pears, or walnuts, now is the time to be on the lookout for the codling moth. This is the time of year (mid-March to early April) when the adult codling moth, a little grayish-brown lepidopteran, emerges from its cocoon.It has spent the winter pupating,…
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Hand holding sparkler firework at night
The Backyard Gardener: Article

A New Look!

March 31, 2025
By Dustin W Blakey
The Inyo-Mono Master Gardeners have a new look to their website and blog! Recently UC ANR updated its web platform to something a little more modern. The old system was cobbled together with parts that could no longer be maintained, so here we are with a new site.Our URLs have changed, but don't worry!…
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Nutrition Policy Institute News: Article

New study reveals that California middle and high school students desire healthy and fresh school meals

March 31, 2025
By Brianna Aguayo Villalon, Danielle Lee, Wendi Gosliner, Kassandra A Bacon
 A recent study published in the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior revealed that students desire healthy and fresh school meals. Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the federal government provided waivers to schools to serve meals free of charge to all students (known as universal school meals or…
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ANR Employee News: Article

All invited to media training, practice interviews May 1 in Davis

March 31, 2025
By Michael Hsu
Intended for UC ANR academics and staff who work with journalists, this interactive training covers tips on working with the news media, engaging reporters and influencers via social channels, and preparing for and doing interviews in a variety of formats.
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