The Stanislaus Sprout

Are you interested in attracting native insects and pollinators to your garden? If so, join the UC Cooperative Extension Master Gardeners for a free class at a local Stanislaus County Library to learn more about California native plants. Sat, 3/4 at 2:00 p.m. Empire LibraryTues, 3/7 at 6:00 p.m.

February is a great time to start preparing for your spring and summer vegetable garden, especially if you want to get a head start on the growing season.

Who doesn't love watching birds in our gardens?!!! Many people put out bird seed feeders or sugar water feeders to attract birds. While feeders can provide supplemental food, the best course is to create natural, bird-friendly plant gardens that provide birds with native, healthy food.

We hope you enjoy this webinar with Maxwell Norton, retired UC Cooperative Extension Advisor for Merced County. Maxwell talks about the history of citrus, how varieties came to be, and how the citrus industry in Southern California became so successful.

With spring quickly approaching, many gardeners are dreaming of their garden preparations: ordering seeds, prepping the soil, cleaning up from last year. With all these things in mind, have you ever thought about saving the seeds from the crops you grow? There are many benefits in considering this.