Master Gardener and KUCI Staff Host Mark Oertel sits down with fellow MG Teena Spindler and discuss all about Heritage/Pass Along Plants. You may have inherited your family home and would never, ever consider digging up any of the beautiful plants your Mom/Grandma tended to for years.
Commercially, they are trucked to farmer's fields to help pollinate the crops. At home, find out what it takes to maintain a safe environment for native bees and also, how to raise them in your own backyard apiary.
It's called Coyote Cacher. You can find it here at https://ucanr.edu/sites/CoyoteCacher/. You can sign up for coyote encounter email alerts, report sightings, and see on maps just where the reports have occurred and the level of encounter from simple sightings on up to dangerous/tragic results.
Now is that time once again and you'll hear what it takes to successfully plant and grow plant material which is sold, not in pots, but wrapped in plastic with limited moisture-retaining media. Proper planning is important so get your helpful hints here before venturing out to the garden center.
