Thank you for visiting our publication page. We are currently working on updating it. Previously, these publications could be downloaded as a PDF, but our new website setup doesn't allow that. We are happy to email or "snail mail" them to you.
- Request a copy by email: write to us at ucmgs@ucanr.edu and include the title or titles of the publication/s you'd like, and we will attach them to you in a return email.
Request a copy by USPS: Leave us a message at (209) 525-6802, saying that you are requesting a copy or copies of publications, then tell us the title/s. Please say (and spell) your first and last name, and give us your home address, including city and zip code and we will send it to you in the mail. *Note: titles with an * are too large to mail, but you can request them to be ready for you to pick up a copy at our office.
Thanks for your patience - UC Master Gardener volunteers, UC Cooperative Extension, Stanislaus County
Free Publications:
- Alliums (growing onions and garlic)
- Blueberries in your Garden
- Butterflies in your Garden*
- Cane Berries: Pruning and Thinning
- Culinary Herbs*
- Houseplant Care*
- Lawn Care
- Growing Peppers
- Growing Persimmons
- Growing Potatoes
- Growing Squash
- Growing Strawberries
- Growing Sunflowers
- Growing Tomatoes
- Grapes: Pruning and Thinning
- Seed Saving
- Ornamental Trees in your Home Garden*
- Vegetable Gardening*
Water Wise Landscaping*
Most articles written by Anne Schellman, and vetted by Horticulture Advisor Ed Perry, when Anne worked as a Horticulture Program Representative for UC Cooperative Extension from 2007-2009. Some articles are more recent than others; we plan to continue to update.
Website update: 1/29/26