Gardening

⭐Update 1: ACP HLB Outreach Day is tomorrow, March 5 at LREC Conference Room!Asian Citrus Psyllid and Huanglongbing will be held Lindcove Conference Room on Thursday, March 05, 2026. This is a great opportunity for citrus pest control advisors and growers to learn about the current status of ACP and HLB in…

When you add new flowering plants to your garden this year, be sure to keep pollinators in mind. Planting for pollinators is a colorful way to attract bees, butterflies, birds, and insects to your garden while increasing the productivity of many edible plants. 

Dr. Amy Murillo an Assistant Professor at the University of California Riverside specializing in veterinary entomology, answered questions from our webinar attendees.

Seed starting is an economical way to have healthy plants   Late winter, cold nights, teasing sunshine; it’s an opportunity to get a jumpstart on summer vegetables, herbs, and flowers. Seed starting is an economical way to have healthy plants for our summer and fall gardens. When starting…

Happy March! It’s time for This Month In The Garden, our monthly tips and tricks show we play on the first Thursday of every month here on In The Garden with UC Master Gardeners of Orange County California.The key emphasis at this time of year are three words: Plant, Feed, and Control. But don’t jump the gun…

“A rose, is a rose, is a rose, is a rose,” so wrote Gertrude Stein. The beauty and fragrance of roses have been extolled over the years in poetry and song. As beautiful as roses are, they do require some care if they are to perform at their best. Pruning exceptions: For foothill gardeners with…

Dirt is made up of four things: minerals (from decomposed rock), air, water, and organic matter. The organic material originates from living organisms (or stuff that was once alive), and a single teaspoon of soil may contain as many as 4 billion bacteria, 1 million fungi, 20 million actinomycetes and 300,000…