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UC Master Gardeners of Merced County: Article

2024-01 Jan Merced Master Gardener Public Newsletter

December 30, 2023
Happy (almost) New Year! We are looking forward to welcoming the incoming class of applicants as they embark in early January on the 4 month 2024 Master Gardener Training Program! In this issue: Spring 2024 Free Community Workshops Info and Save the Dates Pre-register Online Here for the Roses 101 W...
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IMG 5397 All images by Cindy Watter
Napa Master Gardener Column: Article

Gently Educating the Reluctant Composter

December 30, 2023
A few weeks ago, some friends were over for dinner, and I was throwing food scraps into my miniature compost bin that fits under my kitchen sink (free from the City of Napa). One gentleman told me he didn't compost. It's easy, I said. The UC Master Gardeners have workshops on it all the time.
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A golden dung fly, Scathophaga stercoraria, peers at the photographer. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

2023: These Are a Few of My Favorite Things

December 29, 2023
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
There's no fame, fortune or glory in writing a daily (volunteer) Bug Squad blog. It's about the insects. It's always been about the insects, from honey bees to bumble bees, to butterflies, to dragonflies, to praying mantises and more.
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Blue oaks dot the foothills of the coast range. Laura Lukes
The Real Dirt: Article

Finding an Ecological Niche: The Blue Oak

December 29, 2023
[Note: Blue oak (Quercus douglasii), gray pine (Pinus sabiniana), and buckeye (Aesculus californica) are three species that thrive in rugged local foothill woodland and chaparral habitat.
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The Kniphofia "Christmas Cheer" poker plant, seen here in the Ruth Risdon Storer Garden and nearby area, grows in clumps. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Spreading Some Holiday Cheer

December 28, 2023
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
If you've lately visited the Ruth Risdon Storer Garden, part of the 100-acre UC Davis Arboretum and Public Garden, you've seen them. Honey bees nectaring on the Kniphofia "Christmas Cheer" poker plant.
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