Master Gardeners of Placer County strive to present accurate, impartial information to local gardeners, so they have the knowledge to make informed gardening decisions in regard to plant choices, soil ...

What's Going On In Our Gardening Community - Want to learn from the experts? As part of the University of California's Agriculture and Natural Resources division, we serve our community by sharing ...

Please save the date for the annual UC Dry Bean Field Day! UC Davis and UC Cooperative Extension will provide updates on dry bean research and management. When: Thursday, August 14th in the morning ...

The invasive goldspotted oak borer has spread across SoCal, leaving boneyards of dead trees behind. This June, UC ANR and ...

YouTube Channel with all the past Virtual Harvest Days and Master Gardener videos. Snap a pic of your problem plant or mystery bug and email it to the Help Desk: [email protected] Get advice ...

Aphids! Snails! Cutworms! Gophers! It must be spring. How do we think about and deal with garden pests as they show up along with our beautiful blooms and yummy veggies. Dr. Beth will entertain us ...

Spring is blooming, and so is our website! With the excitement of the Great Tomato Plant Sale behind us and the season still in full swing, now’s the perfect time to dig into our newly refreshed ...

UC IPM online contains information about managing agricultural pests, including University of California's official guidelines for monitoring pests and using pesticides and non-pesticide alternatives ...

Welcome to the Monterey County 4-H Program, we have approximately 400 youth enrolled in local 4-H programs and nearly 200 adult volunteers engaging youth in varied learning experiences. There are ...

Want to learn more about gardening, chat with UC Master Gardeners, or catch our next plant sale? See our Events Calendar for upcoming talks, courses, and more. Here are some useful tips and links for ...

The table below shows the plant-available water held by different textured soils when they are fully wet. Plant-available water is the amount of water stored in the soil that plants can take up.

Lorrene Ritchie is the Director of the Nutrition Policy Institute (NPI). She has devoted her career to sharing, synthesizing, developing and collaborating on nutrition policy research. The goal of her ...