The Stanislaus Sprout

When discussing fruit tree planting and growing, I always stress the importance of developing trees for the long run. While you may plant and harvest vegetable crops in a single season, fruit trees and grapevines remain in your garden for many years.

We hope you can join UCCE Stanislaus County Master Gardeners Rho Yare and Ted Hawkins for our Zoom Warm Season Vegetable Gardening class on Tuesday, February 22, 2022 from 6:00-7:30 p.m. Now is the time to start thinking about which delicious vegetables you want to grow in your garden.

If you missed our planting and pruning Bare Root Fruit Trees Class, you can watch the recording on our UCCE Stanislaus County Master Gardener YouTube Channel. The class includes information on deciduous fruit trees, including apple, pear, cherry, nectarine, peach, plum, and apricot.

Groundhogs are infamous for announcing the arrival of spring for folks in the eastern part of the United States. Groundhogs hibernate, so if Punxsatawney Phil pops up out of his den and sees his shadow today, it's said there will be six more weeks of winter. If he doesn't, spring comes early.

[From the UC IPM blog Pests in the Urban Landscape] We all encounter pests in our homes, gardens, and landscapes, but which ones are most popular in California? While we can't say for certain, website traffic to UC IPM's Pest Notes gives us a glimpse of popular pests.