Gardening

By Shirley Porter, UC Master Gardener of Nevada County From The Curious Gardener, Summer 2010 We’ve had an abundance of rain in the foothills this Winter and Spring. I alternate between wishing for "just one sunny day” to get out and work in the garden and feeling very glad that the earth is…

By Johanne Ryker, Placer County Master GardenerI am trying various methods and ways to conserve water including installing drip lines. Do you have any suggestions that will help keep my plants happy (alive) and use less water?Applying layers of mulch around plants helps to conserve soil moisture and has a…

By Charlotte Germane, UC Master Gardener of Nevada County From The Curious Gardener, Summer 2011Do you suspect you might have a drainage problem in your garden? If your soil does not drain quickly enough, your plants will drown.Soils in the foothillsYour soil drainage may not be as bad as you think it is…

By Trish Grenfell, UC Master Gardener of Placer CountyQ I was told that fertilizer was bad for plants in the late fall, but is that true of all plants? What should I be fertilizing now?A Yes, some people believe that fall fertilization inhibits a plant’s ability to harden off and survive a cold winter…

Article and photo by Linda Menge, UC Master Gardener of Nevada County From The Curious Gardener, Fall 2022The first year I put in my garden in Grass Valley was 1988. It was glorious! We grew huge watermelons, big eggplants, juicy tomatoes and TONS of ZUCCHINI! We had so much that I drove around the…

The plant that graced the botanical gardens of the Aztec empire over 600 years ago, and the flower of Holy Night legends, is the poinsettia (poin seh tee uh), or flor de nochebuena in Spanish. Seen everywhere for sale during a short six weeks of the year, this plant has come to symbolize Christmas. A closer…

Let’s be real—California's rodent issue is extensive. In some areas, it may seem like an infinite sea of rats and mice. Commensal rodents, those that live among and benefit from association with humans, significantly affect public health, environmental sustainability, and urban infrastructure.  …

San Benito County Weed Management AreaA County, State, Federal and Private Partnership24th Annual Continuing Education Seminar for RanchersTuesday, December 2, 20258:00 am – 1:00 pm.The Veterans Memorial Building649 San Benito St.  For Information call 831-205-3125~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~…

It has been 5+ years since our show, In The Garden with UC Master Gardeners, has produced a show on the topic of Hydroponics. Since then, the Master Gardeners (MG) of Orange County has formed a Hydroponics Team where there wasn’t one previously! Sally Richards, past Radio Team show host and Hydroponics…