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Any place with lots of beautiful SOIL. Well, this week on our show, MG Sally Richards talks to fellow Master Gardener Jeremy Samson about how to grow certain plants using NO SOIL.

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I've kept daily weather records since we moved to Auburn (nineteen years this week, in fact).

Dear Colleagues, California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) is now accepting applications for the Healthy Soils Program (HSP).

Dear Colleagues, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) in California is accepting proposals for the 2020 Conservation Innovation Grants (CIG) program.

There are times in the life of every gardener that you just can't resist peeking into somebody else's backyard to see what grows there. That's how I felt when my daughter suggested a trip to Iguazu Falls, Argentina. With a passion for plants and a love for flowers, I couldn't resist.

I have just learned it isn't only the wacky weather that is creating the accentuated pollen clouds I have been witnessing/experiencing. According to the article by Sabrina Imbler, it is 'Botanical Sexism' that is responsible for my itchy, watery eyes and all of the other affects of allergy season.

Over 350 people attended the Youth Agriculture and Animal Science Field Day held on February 8, 2020 at the Sonoma-Marin Fairgrounds.

PLEASE CHECK WITH MASTER GARDENERS IN EITHER COUNTY TO CONFIRM UPCOMING EVENTS ARE OCCURRING AS THEY ARE SUBJECT TO CANCELLATION.

Visits to our California Senators and Congressmen are over but I have follow up items with several of the staffers that I need to tackle yet this week. Thanks to Jhalendra, Marcel, Dan and Kamal for their participation last week.