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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.
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Floods, droughts, then fires: Hydroclimate whiplash is speeding up globally
Added January 9, 2025
New research links intensifying wet and dry swings to the atmosphere's sponge-like ability to drop and absorb water Key takeaways Hydroclimate whiplash – rapid swings between intensely wet and dangerously dry weather – has...
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Preparing soil for winter can protect soil health
Added December 13, 2024
Farmers placed clumps of soil into metal mesh baskets, submerged the baskets into jars of water, then watched to see if their soil held together. The slake test, conducted at the Soil Health Field Day in Woodland, measured soil health. Healthier soil,...
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Ready for Maggot Art at the Bohart Museum of Entomology Open House?
Added January 10, 2025
Children's faces light up when they create maggot art. This is how they do it: They pick up a maggot with feather-tip forceps; dip it into a non-toxic, water-based paint; and guide it--or let...
