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Garden Notes: Article

From the Garden: Pressing Flowers

September 17, 2023
Saving and preserving your garden flowers is a great way to enjoy them for years to come. Pressing flowers is one way to do that.
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2023 Fall HelpDesk
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Help Desk: I'm a Senior; What's Best for Me to Plant This Season?

September 17, 2023
When choosing what to plant this season, it is important to look ahead and plan for both now and the coming months. The fall season is comprised of three months: October, November and December. Frost is possible in October, and the days are shorter and cooler.
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Horticultural Terms

September 17, 2023
Horticultural Terms is where we introduce a unique word related to horticulture. Did you know the word horticulture is derived from the Latin hortus, garden, and colere, to cultivate. Let's take a look at this quarters term. Bacciferous: [bak-sif-er-us] adjective Botany.
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Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia fulgida ‘Goldstorm’) will brighten up your garden bed (photo by author)
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Plants of the Season: October-December 2023

September 17, 2023
PERENNIAL: Rudbeckia fulgida var. sullivantii 'Goldsturm' This black-eyed Susan cultivar has ample pest and disease resistance, and an extra-long blooming time. Hence it is easy to see why this cultivar won the Perennial Plant Association's Plant of the Year Award in 1999.
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2023 Fall Oatmeal
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Recipes from the Garden: A Taste of the Season

September 17, 2023
Well, it's that time of year when we say goodbye to the salads of summer. As the days shorten and cool, we crave the comforts of fall. Fall casseroles take a leading role in providing a family meal that is both warm and fulfilling. Casseroles can highlight seasonal fall favorites and produce.
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Jupiter’s beard and Clarkia: Butterfly Magnets

September 16, 2023
I have two plants in my garden that are magnets for pollinators and butterflies. Both plants put on quite a flower show and are drought tolerant. Given our ongoing issues with water, this latter feature should be priority for all of us.
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UC Davis Chancellor Gary May congratulates the California Master Beekeeper Program. With him are co-program managers Wendy Mather and Kian Nikzad. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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A Tip of the Bee Veil to the California Master Beekeeper Program

September 15, 2023
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
If it takes a village to raise a child, it takes a colony of honey bees to show us how to divide the labor and work well together. And if you're part of the UC Davis-based California Master Beekeeper Program (CAMBP), it takes a lot of worker bees from all facets to succeed.
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