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A Master Gardeners blog to: Educate, Inspire, and Ignite Knowledge.

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Oedema on tomato. photos by Carolle Juliano
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More Tomato Trauma

September 17, 2024
I've often thought how hard it must be to exist as a garden plant. There you are, stuck in the ground, unable to move, subject to the whims of the wind, rain, sun, and general environment, and worse of all, the fickle, precarious treatment of your gardener parent.
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Revival of a Garden Water Woes

September 10, 2024
Maintaining a garden irrigation system is essential for keeping your plants healthy and your garden flourishing. One common issue that gardeners may encounter is a leak or damage to PVC pipes in the irrigation system.
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photo by Peg Smith
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Many Questions

August 29, 2024
We are gardeners but we can also wear other hats! Conservationist! Restoration specialist! Education! Preservation supporter! While researching family histories I was curious as to the ecosystems, both in pre-European and post European times, encountered as ancestors moved from east to west, through...
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photo by Mary Connolly
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Orb Spider

August 27, 2024
My Orb Spider friend was in a Sacramento Digs newsletter last year when I first read about Orb spiders. Before reading the article, I had mistakenly assumed the ones I had seen were poisonous.
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Dried tepary beans and pod in bowl.
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My Favorite Bean

August 23, 2024
Before moving to California about a decade ago, I lived in Tucson, Arizona. Although my new home in Woodland is rightfully known as the Food Front, thanks to the fertile farmland that surrounds it, Tucson also has a highly regarded relationship with food.
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