Contra Costa Times Articles
The UC Master Gardener Program of Contra Costa County contributed articles to the Contra Costa Times during 2010-12. Here's a selection of those articles. For lots more information, also check out our Sustainable Gardening, Home Landscaping, and Edible Gardening pages, along with Our Blog.
- About Soil Testing
- Anthracnose on Sycamore
- Apricots and Brown Rot
- Artichokes in Contra Costa
- Better Paperwhites with Alcohol
- Birds Munch Zinnia Leaves
- Black Soldier Fly Larvae in Worm Bins
- Boric Acid for Ant Problems
- Boron in Irrigation Water
- California Natives-Water or Not
- Caring for Holiday Plants
- Citrus in a Pot
- Citrus Leafminer
- Citrus Rind Splitting
- Codling Moth-Fend It Off Now
- Combat Cabbageworm
- Community Supported Agriculture
- Controlling Olive Fruit Fly
- Cover Crops
- Curbing Bitterness in Cucumbers
- Deciduous Fruit Tree Chilling Hours
- Deer in the Garden
- Diatomaceous Earth for Pest Control
- Dry Farming Tomatoes
- Espaliered Fruit Trees
- Fighting Bermudagrass
- Frost Protection for Tender Plants
- Fungus Disfigures Camellia Blooms
- Give Bees a Boost
- Gravel Pathways in the Garden
- Growing Acid Loving Plants
- Growing Asparagus
- Growing Coast Redwoods
- Growing Oaks from Acorns
- Hiring an Arborist
- Horticultural Oils for Insect Control
- Killer Lilies
- Lawn Thatch Buildup
- Leafhoppers: Transitory Insects
- Local Frost Dates for Garden Planning
- Managing Bed Bugs
- Managing Fire Blight
- Managing Oxalis (Bermuda Buttercup)
- Mistletoe Infestations in Trees
- Mulch Combustibility
- Onion Bulbs from Seed
- Potatoes in Raised Beds
- Powdery Mildew on Crape Myrtles
- Pressure-Treated Lumber for Raised Beds
- Prevent Peach Leaf Curl Now
- Protect Plants from Sunburn
- Pruning Hydrangeas for Best Bloom
- Seed Saving
- Solarization for Bermudagrass
- Spotted Wing Drosophila-Update
- Springtails
- Starting Tomatoes from Seed
- Termite Swarms
- Toxic Plants at the Holidays
- Turf Selection
- UC Davis Arboretum All-Stars
- Weeds & Weed Seeds
- Wilt Threatens Japanese Maples
- Winter Maintenance of Deciduous Fruit Trees
- Wood Ashes Change Soil Chemistry
