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Our annual Spring Garden Fair is held at our Martial Cottle Park Demonstration Garden in San Jose. You can shop our plant sale, stroll through our gardens, attend a talk, and bring your plant, soil, pest, and tool questions to our Information tables.
Lettuce is usually grown as a cool-season crop in Santa Clara County. If grown in the summer, it's recommended to plant where it will get shade from other crops or trees and to select temperature tolerant, slow bolting varieties. Lettuce is a shallow-rooted plant which requires frequent watering when there's…
There are two types of fennel:
Florence fennel, also called bulbing fennel: grown primarily for the bulb-like base of the stalks which is eaten as a vegetable. Leaves and seeds can also be harvested.
Common and bronze fennel: grown just for the seeds or foliage (they do not form succulent bulbs), but are…
Homegrown Habitat PresentationGardening in a Changing Climate Presentation Raising Backyard Chickens Backyard Composting Basics (2017) Resource List Gardening for the Future Gardening for the Future Presentation Bringing Birds into the Garden Handout (2020) Bringing Birds into the Garden Presentatio...
Something in your garden or home bugging you? Do your roses have strange spots? Is something eating your tomatoes? The Merced Master Gardeners are here to help! Contact our Helpline to get answers to your garden challenges and pest problems. Send an email to anrmgmerced@ucanr.edu.
When to plant: January–early February
Harvest window: August–October, depending on variety
Fertilization: Nitrogen in spring, additional applications based on tree age, health, and soil quality
Prune in early winter (December–January)
Recruitment information for the Nutrition Policy Institute's Milk Type in Toddler study. The purpose of this study is to see how the type of milk (whole fat vs low-fat 1%) consumed between the ages of 2-3 years old affects the health, growth, and development of young children.
El Instituto de Políticas de Nutrición (NPI, por sus siglas en inglés), realiza y evalúa investigaciones relacionadas con el impacto de la nutrición y la actividad física en la salud pública. NPI valora las investigaciones que proporcionan una base sólida para las políticas públicas que buscan eliminar las…
The Nutrition Policy Institute conducts evaluations of USDAs Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly known as the federal Food Stamp Program, the largest program offering nutrition assistance to millions of eligible, low-income individuals and families.
