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Spring 2025 Curious Gardener Newsletter

February 21, 2025
In this issue: Spring Garlic, Unusual Edible: Chayote, Common Myths About Citru,s Tour the Placer County Demonstration Garden, Best Practices of Great Gardeners, Q&As: When to Plant Perennials, Garden Design: Ground Covers, Climate Ready Plants, Insect Bytes: Murder Hornets, Tomatogeddon Last Summer?
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Summer 2025 Curious Gardener Newsletter

June 3, 2025
The Art of Succession Planting, Help Plants Beat the Heat, Pollinator Week, Your Action to Remain a Subscriber, Transforming a Paved Driveway, Create a Garden on a Budget, Future Favorite: California Blue-eyed Grass, Unusual Myths About IPM, The Allure of Hydrangeas, BotLat: Keystone Species, Planting Seeds…
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Fall 2025 Curious Gardener

September 3, 2025
In this issue: Native Bulbs, Unusual Edibles: Honeyberry, Soil Is a Living Organism, Hornworms, Demo Garden News, Sustainable Pest Management, School Gardens, Monarch Butterfly Hosts, Wanted: Invasive Insects, Raised Beds, Cicada, Ivy-Leaf Cyclamen, Events
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Winter 2025 Curious Gardener Newsletter

December 9, 2024
In this issue: Dormant Season and Fruit Tree Pests, Designing for Winter Interest, All Things Blueberries, There's Fungus Among Us, Unusual Edible: Roselle, All-Star: Hardenbergia violacea, Nevada County Demonstration Garden New, News from the Placer County Demonstration Garden, Garden Q&As: Grasshoppers In…
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Spring 2024 Curious Gardener Newsletter

March 7, 2024
In This Issue: Wigglers Offer Enrichment for Gardens,1 BotLat: Loooong Plant Names, The Myth of Firewise Plants, Hotline FAQs: Cottage Garden Under Oaks?, Insect Bytes: Monarchs, All-Star: Chinese Ground Orchids, Planting Bushes and Shrubs, Invasive Mosquitos, Nevada County Demo Garden News, Unusual Edible:…
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Summer 2024 Curious Gardener Newsletter

June 3, 2024
In this issue: Summer Fruit Tree Pruning, Hotline FAQs: Controlling Leafminers, Visit UC Master Gardeners at Your Local Farmers Market, Nevada County Demonstration Garden News, Unusual Edible: A High Octane Berry, Become Water Smart and Make Your Plants Happy, Ergonomic Tools, Tips for Creating and Using…
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Fall 2024 Curious Gardener Newsletter

September 3, 2024
In this issue: Fertilizing Your Trees, Unusual Edible: Chocolate Vine, Cover Cropping in Foothill Gardens, Hotline FAQs: Soil for Raised Vegetable Beds, All-Star: Marina Madrone, Water-Wise Gardening, Nevada County Demonstration Garden News, 2025 Gardening Guide and Calendar, Insect Bytes, BotLat: Red Flag…
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Winter 2024 Curious Gardener Newsletter

December 4, 2023
In this issue: Low Maintenance Gardening, Unusual Edible: Cocoxochitl, Mediterranean Oak Borer, Myths of Winter Fruit Tree Care, Nevada County Demonstration Garden News Hotline FAQs: Redbud Damage, USDA Updates Zone Map, BotLat: Add Grasses for Winter Interest, Ground Broken for Demonstration Garden in…
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Spring 2023 Curious Gardener Newsletter

February 27, 2023
In this issue: The Dance of Defensible Space All-Star: Crape Myrtle 2023 Spring Garden Faire Spring Plant Sale Biotic vs.Abiotic Plant Problems, BotLat: Farm Animals, Nevada County Demo Garden News, Unusual Edibles: Jujube, Ground Squirrels, 2023 Mother’s Day Garden Tour, Are Your Mature Trees Healthy and…
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Summer 2023 Curious Gardener Newsletter

June 5, 2023
In this issue: Planning and Planting a Slope, Go Bananas with Pawpaws!, Harvesting Rainwater, Insect Trivia, Hotline FAQ: Codling Moths, Visit Us at Farmers Markets, Insect Trivia Answers, Cool Down and Conserve, Yellow Starthistle, NV County Demo Garden News, BotLat: Fruit or Vegetable, Events Calendar
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