Ongoing research

To be held at our office at 1430 Freedom Blvd, Suite E in Watsonville on October 24. Sign in starts at 730 am and the meeting goes to noon. Get here early, looks to be a pretty heavily subscribed event. Agenda below.

Belated info from fellow Master Food Preserver Darrell Fluman.

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48th California Alfalfa and Forage Symposium Soil Health and Cover Crop Field Day Newly revised UC ANR Cost and Return Study for Hybrid Sunflower Seed Production Newly revised UC IPM Guidelines for Dry Beans Cover Crop Management in Annual Farming Systems New oat hay varieties show disease resistanc...

Teena will have one of her best friends and fellow Master Gardener Kay Havens with her to discuss Arboretum All-Stars.

Hands-on crafts, farm animals and fresh organic produce brought the Santa Clara County community to the Martial Cottle Park Harvest Festival in San Jose Oct. 6.

I think most of us, if not all, have realized that we need to do things differently in order to really achieve the intent of the Morrill Act; improving the lives of all state residents by providing access to formal and informal education. We're not alone.

48th California Alfalfa and Forage Symposium Soil Health and Cover Crop Field Day Newly revised UC ANR Cost and Return Study - Hybrid Sunflower Seed Production Newly revised UC IPM Guidelines for Dry Beans Cover Crop Management in Annual Farming Systems New oat hay varieties show disease resistance...

Got trees/brush to remove? The CREW is ready to work: With a decline in federal funding to work on Forest Service lands and elsewhere our local non-profit, The CREW is looking for work.

Advice for the Home Gardener from the Help Desk of the UC Master Gardener Program of Contra Costa County Help Desk Request: While I'm not a new gardener, I'm trying to grow a cold-season vegetable garden this year for the first time. One veggie I've also planted for the first time is Bok Choy.