Central Sierra

FireWise Defensible Space, Landscaping, and Home Hardening While no one wants to lose a home to wildfire, many residents wonder exactly what they must do to create a fire safe landscape.

Have you ever wondered how to cure and preserve your own olives? There are multiple ways to remove the bitterness from olives to make them edible: lye cure, dry salt cure, water cure, brine cure and fermented.

Ione Community Club Meeting will be held in the cafeteria from 6:00pm-7:00pm. Location is subject to change depending on the time of year.

All adults who apply to be an adult volunteer in the 4-H YD Program must complete either an in-person or virtual New Adult Volunteer Orientation. Please check the New Adult Volunteer Orientation R.S.V.P. form for an orientation date and location that works for you and R.S.V.P. as soon as you can.

Go beyond dill pickles! Many other vegetables and fruits can become a pickled or fermented product, without canning to be enjoyed in the short term, or canned for a shelf-stable product for year-round enjoyment.

Pruning Berries + Growing Berries...

NEW this year! Club Officers will attend an annual training to learn their roles and responsibilities as elected 4-H officers.

Come along to our weekly Workday & Open Garden Gate - we are now operating winter hours - 11am to 4pm. Open year-round on Thursdays - the public is welcome to explore the garden, ask for advice, take free seeds home to plant, buy plants, share in the harvest and more.

Come along to our weekly Workday & Open Garden Gate - we are now operating winter hours - 11am to 4pm. Open year-round on Thursdays - the public is welcome to explore the garden, ask for advice, take free seeds home to plant, buy plants, share in the harvest and more.

Come along to our weekly Workday & Open Garden Gate - we are now operating SPRING/SUMMER HOURS - 9am to 1pm. Open year-round on Thursdays - the public is welcome to explore the garden, ask for advice, take free seeds home to plant, buy plants, share in the harvest and more.