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By Emilee Fowkes Warne, UC Master Gardener of Butte County, February 16, 2018. For the avid gardener, houseplants can be an excellent source of greenery and even flowers when the outside garden has gone gray and dormant in the doldrums of mid-winter.
By Emilee Fowkes Warne, UC Master Gardener of Butte County, February 2, 2018. Nearly everyone, from well-meaning beginners to experienced outdoor gardeners, has struggled at one time or another with a houseplant that seemed determined to die.
By Laura Lukes, UC Master Gardener of Butte County, January 19, 2018 Be on the lookout for the Brown Marmorated Stink Bug (BMSB), says Emily Symmes, the newly-appointed Butte County Director for UC Cooperative Extension.
By Laura Lukes, UC Master Gardener of Butte County, and Stephanie Ladwig-Cooper and Anne Ainsworth, Earthshed Solutions, January 5, 2018. We begin where we left off in Part One: listening to the land.