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Compost: Add garden waste, grass clippings, pruning material and leaves so long as they are not diseased. Turn compost and keep it as moist as a wrung-out sponge. Cover before rains start to retain moisture; cover during rainy weather to avoid the pile becoming waterlogged.
Compost: Turn compost and keep it as moist as a wrung-out sponge. Cover compost during the rainy weather to prevent it from becoming waterlogged. Drainage: Correct any problems in low or poorly drained areas in the landscape. Frost: Watch for frost warnings and protect sensitive plants.
Elevate your gardening skills with CCMG's Spring seasonal checklists. Find expert advice and tips to ensure a flourishing garden during the Spring months.
Clean-up: Mummies, fallen fruit, leaves and nuts to discourage fungal growth and pests. Compost: Turn compost and keep it as moist as a wrung-out sponge. Add garden waste, grass clippings, pruning material and leaves so long as they are not diseased.
The 2011-2016 drought was hardly the first time Californians have felt such climate effects. Here's an article from a 1977 issue of Pacific Horticulture that helps put things in perspective and gives wonderful guidance on how our climate should inform our gardens and landscapes.
Save 10% on books ordered online with UC Agriculture & Natural Resources (ANR) when you use our promotion code PRCC7 at the checkout. You can browse or search the catalog or go directly to the list of gardening books.
Since 1983, the volunteers of the UC Master Gardener Program of Contra Costa County have worked tirelessly to fulfill our vision of: Healthy plants and gardens; Healthy people; and Healthy communities for all County residents.
Strawberry cultivar performance and Southern California research update Management of Macrophomina and Fusarium with fumigants and nonfumigant treatments Irrigation regimes in Oxnard and Watsonville strawberry: yield, water savings and salintiy issues Water quality monitoring results near strawberry...
See these sites to learn more about ACP: UCCE Ventura newletters have articles on ACP: http://ceventura.ucanr.edu/newsletters/Spring_201029925.pdf http://ceventura.ucanr.edu/newsletters/Topics_in_Subtropics43393.pdf http://ceventura.ucanr.edu/newsletters/Topics_in_Subtropics29887.
