This class is part of the UC Master Gardeners Series. What do food scraps and plant trimmings have to do with gardening? They can be turned from trash to treasure by making compost for growing healthy plants. You can also save money and the planet by making this nutrient-rich soil amendment yourself. We'll cover basics […]

Before you grab insecticide to rid your vegetable garden from all those creeping, crawling, flying bugs, learn to separate the "good bugs" from the "bad bugs.” This class will focus on encouraging the good bugs to work for you, saving money and time wasted on treating your garden with unnecessary insecticides and on keeping your […]

Learn all the questions to ask yourself BEFORE you begin.  Understand the requirements (food, space, health, etc.) for raising chicks and hens. Co-presenter Master Gardener Cindy Burgdorf:  Cindy Burgdorf has been a UC Master Gardener for thirteen years.  Cindy has year-round vegetable beds, gardens devoted to bees and butterflies, five bee hives, six chickens, a worm […]

Just a few pots of homegrown herbs will enhance your gardens, meals, and health. Learn the basics of growing, harvesting and using culinary herbs and edible flowers. Propagate your plants from seeds, cuttings, transplants and divisions. Integrate your herbs and edible flowers in your native landscapes, vegetable gardens and containers. Maintain, harvest, use or preserve […]

This class is part of the UC Master Gardeners Series. Before you grab insecticide to rid your vegetable garden from all those creeping, crawling, flying bugs, learn to separate the "good bugs" from the "bad bugs". You will learn how to identify the most common and destructive pests on edible plants and how to identify […]