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MG Fall Plant Sale
Cooperative Extension, Sutter-Yuba Counties: Event

UC Master Gardener Fall Plant Sale

Oct 18, 2025

FALL PLANT SALEFall Into Gardening at the UC Master Gardener Plant Sale!The UC Master Gardeners of Sutter-Yuba Counties invite the community to their annual Fall Plant Sale on Saturday, October 18, 2025, from 9:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at the UCCE Office Parking Lot, 142 Garden Highway, Yuba City.Choose from a…
Cooperative Extension, Sutter-Yuba Counties
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How to create gifts from your garden
UC Master Gardeners of Solano County: Event

Gifts from the Garden

Jul 11, 2026

Gift-giving doesn’t need to be expensive, stressful, or hard! This presentation will discuss sustainable DIY gift ideas and will have you inspired to create more gifts from your garden – all year round! Whether you are visiting a friend or trying to find a Birthday, Mother/Fathers day, or Christmas gift…
UC Master Gardeners of Solano County
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UC Oaks: Article

Summer Irrigation of Established Oak Trees

September 8, 2025
By Michael Jones
by Gary HickmanOaks ‘n Folks – Volume 8, Issue 2 – November 1993Many recommendations concerning irrigation of established native California oak trees caution against summer water application, especially near the base of the tree. Fungal diseases such as oak root fungus (Armillaria mellea) and crown rot …
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UC Oaks: Article

Does It Make Cents to Process Tanoak to Lumber

September 8, 2025
By Michael Jones
by John R. ShellyOaks ’n Folks – Volume 17, Issue 2 – August 2001 California has the potential to become an important hardwood lumber producer. It has a high demand for hardwood lumber from manufacturers and consumers, skilled timber and woodworkers capable of producing the lumber, an underutilized…
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UC Oaks: Article

California’s Hardwood Rangelands: Production and Conservation Values

September 8, 2025
By Michael Jones
by Richard StandifordOaks ‘n Folks – Volume 14, Issue 2 – August, 1999IntroductionCalifornia’s 10 million acres of hardwood rangelands, or oak woodlands, are the most biologically diverse broad habitat in the state. Most of the state’s water supply flows through these lands. They also supply aesthetics and…
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UC Oaks: Article

Conservation and Collaboration: Vineyards in a Santa Barbara Landscape

September 8, 2025
By Michael Jones
by Abe LeiderOaks ‘n Folks – Volume 14, Issue 1 – March, 1999For the past year, Santa Barbara County residents, their elected representatives, and County planning staff have been faced with the issue of a rapidly expanding wine-grape industry and effects of associated agricultural expansion on native oaks…
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UC Oaks: Article

Cattle Grazing Effects on Spring Ecosystems in California’s Oak Woodland

September 8, 2025
By Michael Jones
by Barbara Allen-DiazOaks ’n Folks – Volume 14, Issue 1 – March, 1999This study was designed to examine effects of cattle grazing on undeveloped, cold-water spring water quality, vegetation cover and composition, insect family richness, and channel morphology.As early as 1991, regulatory agency interest in…
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UC Oaks: Article

A New Tool for Conserving Oak Woodlands: The California Rangeland Trust

September 8, 2025
By Michael Jones
by Steve SintonOaks ‘n Folks – Volume 14, Issue 1 – March, 1999The California Rangeland TrustWhile many questions exist regarding the effects of grazing on oak trees, the conversion of grazing lands to more intensive uses, including farming and urban and suburban development, is more likely to adversely…
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