Advice to Grow By ... Ask Us!

The UC Master Gardener Program designed the California Garden Web to serve as a portal to organize and extend the University of California's vast collection of research-based information about gardening to the public. The California Garden Web focuses on sustainable gardening practices and uses a question and answer format to present solutions. The blog below highlights gardening issues pertaining to the season.

UC helps California dairy farmers experiment with milking robots

Added June 11, 2019

Early in the 20th century, dairy operators traded their milking stools for machines to produce enough dairy products to meet growing consumer demand. The technological developments were critical to the formation of California's enormous dairy industry,...
Invasive species threaten California’s economy and ecology

Added May 31, 2019

When insects, weeds, animals and diseases enter California from elsewhere in the nation or world, they can cause economic losses to agricultural crops and ecological damage to the state's natural areas. Ultimately, invasive species affect every resident...

In Praise of Bumble Bees

Added June 17, 2019

When was the last time you sighted a bumble bee? Photographed it? It's National Pollinator Week and one of our favorite bumble bees is the yellow-faced bumble bee, Bombus vosnesenskii. It was also a...