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Mask update don't throw those masks away just yet As reported in many media outlets, the CDPHs statewide mask order will expire on February 15, 2022. Some counties have also had local Public Health Orders that require all people to wear a mask indoors.

by Laurie Budash This is the fourth article describing plants and their care featured in the UC Master Gardeners of Napa County's low-water, low-maintenance area of Las Flores Learning Garden.

The Bad News: Fire Season is now year-round in California. More Bad News: wildfires are no longer confined to areas with overgrown forests: homes in suburbia are increasingly vulnerable to devastation. The Good News: there are things you can do to improve the odds of your home surviving a wildfire.

Michelle Leinfelder-Miles is the UC Cooperative Extension Delta Crops Resource Management Advisor serving San Joaquin, Sacramento, Yolo, Solano, and Contra Costa counties.

Winters are generally cold with few flowers blooming. While wandering around my garden on a recent sunny January day, I observed honey bees flitting from flower to flower on a ceanothus bush.

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program-Education (SNAP-Ed) is an evidence-based, federally funded education program to support participants eligible for receiving SNAP food benefits.

By Penny Pawl, UC Master Gardener of Napa County Winter isn't over, but in my garden it feels like spring has sprung. This is my favorite time of year. I discovered a bearded iris in bloom today, two months early and a great surprise. The first thing on my to-do list in February is to weed.

Fermentation When I went through my Master Food Preserver volunteer training in 2015, seems longer than that, there is a section on fermentation that was hidden in the Chapter 6 titled Preparation and Canning of Pickled Foods.

This article first appeared in the San Luis Obispo Tribune. Last November I had an abundance of fresh cranberries. After water bath canning a few jars, I decided to dry the rest with my dehydrator. I finally found the perfect way to use the dried cranberries and share with my friends.

I don't know about you, but I have never tried growing spinach before. I thought they are harder to grow especially in Vallejo where the temperature starts to warm up after the last day of frost. My good friend Darren Goon gave me some spinach seeds a few years ago and I never planted them.