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Do gardeners live longer?Frequent gardeners had a 22% lower mortality risk over 25 years of follow-up; read more about it here.  What’s the buzz about petal drip-tips and pollination? Miconia are “buzz” pollinated, meaning that bees buzz or vibrate the flowers to release pollen. Buzz…

 On a warm day, a child was playing in the dirt at school. The special thing about this dirt is that it is raised up to meet him where he is. His smile says it all. How wonderful that gardening can be accessible to everyone.This adaptive garden is being created at Glen Paul School. The garden is…

The Dogwoods (Cornus) at Humboldt Botanical Garden are fantastic, but only a few Cornus do well in coastal Humboldt County. Cornus kousa We have grown these trees successfully in the Moss Family Temperate Woodland Garden since planting in 2008/2009. They can grow to nearly 40 feet, though…

 A post-presentation interview with Marie Antoine by Laurel Condro, UC Master Gardener of Humboldt and Del Norte Counties.Hi Marie, I learned so much from your lecture. I never thought about where peat comes from or why we put it into our gardens.Why is peat used so much in gardening products?Peat has…

Question:I have been hearing different dates for the last frost date in Crescent City. Some places say the end of March; some places say the end of May. Are you able to help select a last frost date for seeding planning? The garden is located on the College of the Redwoods campus at 833 W Washington Blvd…

We can still have storms in April, bringing precipitation and even mountain snow, but generally this is a month in which we truly say goodbye to winter. With warm, dry March behind us, many of us--and our plants, too--feel like we've skipped spring, but we may see its return in April. Plants are in full…

 Huckleberry is a native shrub of the redwood forest understory and coastal bluffs on the California North Coast and thrives in neighborhoods at the forest edge.  This article focuses on the benefits of gardening with huckleberry - a beautiful, easy to care for bush, which attracts bees and…

Have you ever wondered how queen bumblebees survive winter? Many queen bumble bees living in temperate climates spend the winter in underground nests and remain buried in a hibernation-like state called diapause. During diapause, the quiescent queen’s metabolism slows; in common eastern bumblebee queens, it…

Summertime brings to mind vibrant sunflowers of all shapes and sizes, rows of colorful zinnias, and delicate love-in-a-mist gently blowing in the warm breeze. It is tempting to get excited in the spring, pull out the seed catalogs and go crazy, purchasing ever color and variety of flower, dreaming of the…