The Stanislaus Sprout

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Winter is Coming in the Garden

November 21, 2022
Signs of autumn are all around us. . .we've had some rain, trees are showing off their fall colors and losing their leaves, fewer plants are blooming, the days have gotten shorter with the nights getting chillier.
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Giving Tuesday is November 29, 2022

November 18, 2022
By Anne E Schellman
Giving Tuesday is November 29, 2022! Please join us in this opportunity to give to your local UCCE Stanislaus County Master Gardener Program. Your dollars are used locally to make our county a better place.
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Man standing next to a fruit tree that is 4 1/2 to 5' tall.
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The Fruit Bush Method for Backyard Orchards

November 2, 2022
By Anne E Schellman
Ed Laivo began promoting the idea of the "fruit bush method" in the 1990's as a way to make tree fruit more available to home gardeners. Most fruit trees grow too tall and become unmanageable. Fruit is difficult to pick, and most of it falls to the ground.
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Scary Spiders?

October 30, 2022
Like many people this time of year, I take advantage of arachnophobia, the fear of spiders, by having spiders alongside witches and skeletons among the Halloween dcor in my front yard.
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