Twelve Months of Articles
April 2024
- Plant a Tree for Arbor Day (April 6, 2024)
- Helpful Garden Tips for April 2024 (March 30, 2024)
- Xeriscaping Your Yard on a Budget (March 16, 2024)
- Can Plants be invasive (February 17, 2024)
March 2024
- Spring it's time for Curb Appeal - Central Valley Style (March 23,2024)
- Helpful Garden Tips for March 2024 (February 3, 2024)
- Consider Raised Garden Beds (March 9, 2024)
- Native Plants in Home Garden (February 24, 2024)
February 2024
- Lemon Tree Very Pretty and the Lemon Flower is Sweet but (February 10, 2023)
January 2024
- Crabgrass got you Crabby (January 27, 2023)
- Sweet Success with Apricot Trees (January 20, 2023)
- Garden Tips for January 2024 (January 6, 2024)
December 2023
- New Years Resolutions for the Garden (December 23, 2023)
- Maintenance of your Garden Hand Tools (December 9, 2023)
- Helpful Garden Tips for December 2023 (December 2, 2023)
November 2023
- Cool Season Vegetable Gardening is Cool and Rewarding (November 25, 2023)
- Please Leave the Leaves! (November 11, 2023)
- The Christmas Cactus - an eyecatching delight (November 18, 2023)
October 2023
- Helpful Garden Tips for November 2023 (November 4, 2023)
- Spiders – Scary and Spooky, or Peaceful and Quiet (October 28, 2023)
- Recognizing Herbicide Damage in Ornamentals (October 21, 2023) (October 21, 2023)
- What to do with the rain (October 14, 2023)
- Fragrant Plants Add Enjoyment to Your Yard (October 7, 2023)
September 2023
- Garden Tips for October 2023 (September 30, 2023)
- Plant Your Thanksgiving Salads and Sides Now (September 23, 2023)
- Why call a Master Gardener (September 16, 2023)
- Lavenders for Drought Tolerant Gardens (September 9, 2023)
- GardenTips for September 2023 (September 2, 2023)
August 2023
- Cacti and Succulents for the Indoors (August 26, 2023)
- Vertebrate Pests of the Garden and Landscape (August 19, 2023)
- Create Water Wise Yard Part 2 (August 12, 2023)
- Create a Water Wise Yard (August 5, 2023)
- Garden Tips for August 2023 (July 29, 2023)
July 2023
- Bees in the Garden (July 22, 2023)
- Caterpillars, Worms, and their Damage, OH MY! (July 15, 2023)
- Succulent Sedums are Suitable for Sustainable Gardens (July 8, 2023)
- Garden Tips for July 2023 (July 1, 2023)
June 2023
- Caring for Citrus Trees (June 24, 2023)
- Sunflowers are Easy to Grow for Cut Flowers (June 17, 2023)
- Helpful Garden Tips for June 2023 (June 3, 2023)
May 2023
- A Different Kind of Bee (May 27, 2023)
- Daylillies (May 20, 2023)
- Red Bird of Paradise (May 13, 2023)
- Helpful Garden Tips for May 2023 (April 8, 2023)
April 2023
- Beginner's Guide to Starting a Garden (April 22, 2023)
- Honeydew Producing Insects (April 15, 2023)
March 2023
- What is an Artichoke (March 18, 2023)
- Composting - How to Beef up on Organic Matter (March 11, 2023)
- Helpful Garden Tips for March 2023 (March 4, 2023)
February 2023
- Growing Blueberries (February 25, 2023)
- Plumbago - One Common Name for Two Different Plants (February 18, 2023)
- Home Orchards - Choosing the Perfect Trees to Fit your Needs (February 11, 2023)
- Helpful Garden Tips for February 2023 (February 4, 2023)
January 2023
- What Grows in Grandma's (and Grandpa's) Garden (January 28, 2023)
- Container Gardening - Planting (January 21, 2023)
- Container Gardening - The Basics (January 14, 2023)
- Winter Care to Reduce Rose Pests and Diseases (January 7, 2023)
December 2022
- Helpful Garden Tips for January 2023 (December 31, 2022)
- It's Time to Prevent Peach Leave Curl (December 24, 2022)
- The Magic and Mischief of Mistletoe (December 17, 2022)
- 'Tis the Season for Poinsettias (December 12, 2022)
- Helpful Garden Tips for December 2022 (December 3, 2022)
November 2022
- Maintenance of Mature Salvias in the Water-wise Garden (November 26, 2022)
- Rosemary Topiaries (November 19, 2022)
- "Red Yucca" Hesperaloe parviflora (That grassy thing that isn't grass and blooms nice) (November 12, 2022)
- Garden Tips November 2022 (November 5, 2022)
October 2022
- Plant Bulbs Now for Spring Blooms (October 29, 2022)
- Fall Planting for Spring and Summer (October 15, 2022)
- Meet the Chinese Pistache Tree (October 8, 2022)
- Garden Tips October 2022 (October 1, 2022)
- Beneficial Insects- Our Garden Helpers (September 24, 2022)
- Spend Some Time in the Garden (September 17, 2022)
September 2022
- Salvia's for my new Garden (September 10, 2022)
August 2022
- Garden Tips (September 2022)
- Water Conservation Tips for Home Gardens (August 27, 2022)
- Is it Drought Stress or Disease? (August 20, 2022)
July 2022
- Lawn Removal – I Can’t Afford to Save You…I Can’t Afford to See You Go (July 23, 2022)
- We Have the Official State Soil! (July 16, 2022)
- Keep Plants Alive under Drought and Water Restrictions (July 9, 2022)
- July Garden Tips 2022 (July 2, 2022)
June 2022
- Rosemary (June 25, 2022)
- What Plants Do (June 18, 2022)
- Save Drought Stressed LandscapeTrees: Farewell Lawns, Fare Better Trees! (June 11, 2022)
- June Garden Tips 2022 (June 4, 2022)
May 2022
- Chewers in the Night (May 28, 2022)
- Gardening Challenges (May 21, 2022)
- Ceanothus (May 14, 2022)
- Irrigation Problems in the Garden (May 7, 2022)
- Garden Tips - May 2022 (April 30, 2022)
April 2022
- Attracting Butterflies to Your Garden (April 23, 2022)
- Drip Irrigation 101: Drip Irrigation for Landscapes (April 16, 2022)
- Pruning Spring-Blooming Shrubs (April 9, 2022)
- Garden Tips April 2022 (April 2, 2022)
March 2022
- Plant a Tree Arbor Day (March 26, 2022)
- Consider Raised Garden Beds (March 19, 2022)
- Plant Your Summer Vegetable Garden (March 12, 2022)
- March Garden Tips 2022 (March 5, 2022)
February 2022
- Asparagus for Home Vegetable Garden (February 26, 2022)
- Figs: Fascinated Fruit of the Ancients (February 19, 2022)
- Pomegranates (February 12, 2022)
- Garden Tips for February 2022 (February 5, 2022)
January 2022
- Winter Pest Management in Backyard Decidious Fruit Trees (January 29, 2022)
- Keep Your Houseplants Happy (January 22, 2022)
- The Incredible Miniature Rose (January 15, 2022)
- Common Diseases of Roses (January 8, 2022)
- January 2022 Tips (January 1, 2022)
December 2021
- Add Some Cheer with Cyclamens (December 25, 2021)
- Pluots: A Wonderful Backyard Fruit Tree (December 18, 2021)
- Succulent Gift from your Garden (December 11, 2021)
- December 2021 Tips (December 4, 2021)
- Holiday Decorations from the Garden (December Lifestyles)
November 2021
- Meet the Goldenrain Tree (November 27, 2021)
- Home Grown Wreath (November 20, 2021)
- Keeping Ahead of Weeds in Lawns (November 6, 2021)
October 2021
- November 2021 Tips (October 30, 2021)
- Brussel Sprouts (October 23, 2021)
- Sweet Peas: A Flower that Sparks Memories (October 16, 2021)
- Autumn is Chrysanthemum Season (October 9, 2021)
- October 2021 Tips (October 2, 2021)
- Hellebores: Hardly Boring (October Lifestyles)
September 2021
- Let's Grow Trees Well (September 18, 2021)
- Aspire to Inspire: Become a Master Gardener (September 11, 2021)
- Hummingbirds in Your Garden (September Lifestyles)
- Garden Tips September 2021 (September 4, 2021)
August 2021
- Troublesome Summer Weeds in Lawns and Landscapes (August 28, 2021)
- The Horrors of Late Summer in the Vegetable Garden (August 21, 2021)
- The Mighty Sycamore and the Mini Spider Mite (August 14, 2021)
- Save the Pollinators - Inspiration in the Age of the Pandemic (August 7, 2021)
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