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The Coastal Gardener : Article

Victory Gardening for Health

August 2, 2020
By Sherida J Phibbs
How my training as a UC Master Gardener and Master Food Preserver helped me become healthy after a heart attack. About three quarters of the way into my certification training for UCCE Master Food Preserver, I experienced a heart attack which resulted in stent placements.
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Crop Biostimulants: Article

2020 Biostimulant Trial with Watermelon

August 1, 2020
By Zheng Wang
This is a challenging year. Due to the COVID-19, we only implemented one biostimulant trial. We collaborated with BioWorks, Inc. to evaluate the use of a biofungicide (Root Shield Plus) and biofertilizer (On-Gard) alone or in combination to impact watermelon growth and yield production.
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Healthy Central Sierra: Article

August's Harvest of the Month: Peppers

August 1, 2020
August brings many types of ripening produce to the Central Sierra, but some of the most striking summer colors and flavors come from peppers. Peppers come in sweet varieties, which include but aren't limited to bell peppers, and spicy varieties, which are also known as chiles.
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UC Master Gardeners of San Mateo & San Francisco Counties: Article

Gardening Books for Children

August 1, 2020
Many of us in the UC Master Gardener program fell in love with gardening as children, introduced by an older friend or family member who was a passionate gardener.
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California Naturalist: Article

UC Climate Stewards Instructor Training Launch

July 31, 2020
On July 7, 2020, we launched the first UC Climate Stewards Instructor Training with 17 instructors from 11 pilot partner organizations across the state. Due to COVID-19 restrictions on meeting in person, we turned our planned 3-day, in-person training into a virtual venture.
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UCCE Master Gardeners of San Bernardino County Blogs: Article

Meet August 'Spotlight' UCCE Master Gardener Brenda Spoelstra

July 31, 2020
By Janet S Hartin
I became a University of California Cooperative Extension (UCCE) Master Gardener in San Bernardino County in January of 2019. I had learned about it from a friend who is an instructor with the UCCE Master Food Preserver program.
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Napa Master Gardener Column: Article

Summer's Voracious Eater.

July 31, 2020
By Penny Pawl, UC Master Gardener of Napa County The tomato hornworm that so many gardeners detest has a beautiful future if we let it be. After a winter spent underground and when it is done with metamorphosis, it will become one of the loveliest and largest of the moth species.
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These Asian giant hornet images from the Washington State Department of Agriculture shows (from left), an example of a worker; the specimen collected July 14; an example of the queen.

Trapping the Asian Giant Hornet

July 31, 2020
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Just when folks were beginning to think "it may be over and done" regarding Asian giant hornet sightings, it's not. The Washington State Department of Agriculture (WSDA) has just trapped its first Asian giant hornet, Vespa mandarinia, which the news media dubbed "the murder hornet.
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