UCCE MG OC News

Use the sun itself or your own oven. Fruit leathers (rollups)! Make your own fresh and flavorful garlic and onion powder! Tomatoes are a large focus of this program. Learn how to do it SAFELY! Use only USDA-approved recipes to ensure you will have a safe product.

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This week on In the Garden with UCCE Master Gardeners, UC Master Gardener and KUCI Staff Host Katrina Kirkeby will talk with Ernest Miller about ways to preserve your garden bounty and save all of the nutritional benefits from your fresh vegetables.

New UCCE (OC) Master Gardener AND new KUCI host David Letourneau talks with Ramiro Lobo, Small Farms & Agricultural Economics Advisor for the San Diego County UCCE.

Bell, Thai, Banana, Cayenne, Italian, Sweet, Hot, Hotter, and HOTTEST! You name it! You can grow it. Know how you want to use your peppers and judge the variety using the Scoville scale. Even a sweet bell pepper has 100 Scoville Heat Units (SHUs). A TAM Jalapeno only has 1500 SHUs.