Ongoing research

Here they come! Gardening catalogs are appearing in our mailboxes fast, so rather than immediately tossing them into the recycling, why not take the time to open them and learn from them by studying the wealth of information that many of them contain?

Finding problems in the field. From this to this, in three days.

January has always been my least favorite month of the year. The often dreary, short, gray days seem especially dull after all the December festivities. Going outside to work in my garden is a chore when I'd rather be snuggled under a blanket with a good book in front of a fire with a hot drink.

UC Davis second-year doctoral student Alison Coomer is now a global champion.

by Melody Kendall We have finally received some rain. My garden is loving the moisture. Usually, I am out in the yard passing the time doing little chores every day. When it rains that isn't as pleasant a prospect, though it does smell wonderful.

(This contest was featured Jan. 3 on Good Day, Sacramento. See it here.) Game over. The second annual Robbin Thorp Memorial First-Bumble Bee-of-the-Year Contest is over. On two separate expeditions, but at exactly 2:30 p.m., Saturday, Jan.

If you're like me, you'll be serving up soup all winter long. These comforting soups are perfect for those long, chilly nights spent at home.

While researching the horticultural term Fasciation for our winter blog, Master Gardener Cheryl Carmichael came across the following article on the same subject posted to the Wisconsin Master Gardener website by Susan Mahr, University of Wisconsin Madison in March 2011.

SHRUB: Snowberry (Symphoricarpos albus) is a small shrub in my garden, several of which I can enjoy from my office window as I write this. They currently have the white berries that give way to its name.

Before the recent pandemic began, one of our Herb Study meetings gave us an opportunity to create Pomanders to hang in our homes during the Christmas Season. We had so much fun and put 100's of cloves in quite a few oranges.