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The Nutrition Policy Institute has released a new research brief summarizing findings from an evaluation of the California Department of Social Service's California Fruit and Vegetable EBT Pilot Project.

The Spring 2025 Yolo County Master Gardeners Plant Sale will take place on Saturday, April 5 and Saturday, April 12, from 9 am - 1pm, rain or shine.

Ever seen a live poison dart frog? If you've been to Central or South America, you may have. Or you may have seen one at a zoo. But if you attend the Bohart Museum of Entomology open house, themed "Venomous vs. Poisonous," on Sunday, March 2, you'll see them up close.

Every spring, Yolo Master Gardeners sell tomato seedlings the first two Saturday mornings in April. This year, the sale features thirty-five varieties, fifteen of which are new to the sale. With rapid climate change, summers are getting hotter and heat waves longer.

As a small child, each year I would find in my Christmas stocking, a fresh orange, which was a special treat to be looked forward to amid the English winter. Now living in California there I still experience that delight in picking fresh navel oranges from a home garden tree to eat or juice.

Will you be joining us?

Tolerance of lettuce varieties to Fusarium wilt 2024 Alex Putman, Yu-Chen Wang, and Chris Greer Summary Fusarium wilt of lettuce, caused by Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lactucae (FOL), is an economically significant disease on the Central Coast of California.

Growing Orchids Workshop With Master Gardeners April 5, 2025 Register Here Space is Limited See for Flyer for more information Check the Santa Barbara Master Gardener Website for upcoming events!...