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If you want an easy care, hardy addition to your garden, then shrubby cinquefoil is great to consider. It's a tough garden plant that keeps producing its carefree flowers all summer long.

Implications for tequila growers Agave are a common sight in Southern California and are frequently used in landscaping for homes, businesses, and in public spaces. You've almost certainly seen agave growing in your neighborhood and may even have some growing yourself.

Companion planting is a well known practice to many gardeners. Companion planting is defined as planting two or more plants in proximity to each other so as each plant benefits from the presence of the other. By providing positives such as, support, shade, protection from each others pests, etc.

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Young people across California and the U.S.

Elizabeth Mitcham, UC Cooperative Extension pomology specialist, retired July 1 after 31 years of serving in the UC Davis Department of Plant Sciences. Growers know Mitcham for her work in tree fruits and nuts, berries, tomatoes, grapes and pest management.

by David George and Simone Adair Talented Contra Costa UC Master Gardener Kate Verhoef is leaving our program this summer. She plans to travel to Europe, teach part-time, and visit her family in Canada.

By Jon Dwyer The Volunteer Support project of the Contra Costa County UC Master Gardeners organization is one of only three of the 15+ projects that are 100% inward facing, which means that all of the various activities within the project are in support of the UC Master Gardeners and do not deal wit...

By Janet Miller Even though we just passed over the summer solstice, ushering in our warmest season, it feels like Spring has just begun. With the recordbreaking rainfall, which we are grateful for, our garden beds were way too soggy to work at the normal time.