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Grow Your Own Potatoes!

February 6, 2018
As a home gardener you may want to grow potatoes in a bucket or grow bag instead of the ground. The reason is 1) you don't have to dig them up, 2) if you don't get every single piece of potato, you will have them forever.
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Sustainable Landscaping

January 29, 2018
To sustain means to keep going or continue, and sustainable is the ability to carry on an activity indefinitely with minimal impact on the environment.
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Statewide small grain testing program update

January 23, 2018
By Mark E Lundy, Robert G Wilson, Darrin A Culp, Sarah E Light, Steven D Wright, Michelle M Leinfelder-Miles, Brian H Marsh
The UC Grain Cropping Systems Lab and a cooperating network of UC Cooperative Extension agronomists established fall-planted small grain variety trials across the state of California from October to December 2017.
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Weeds in your Landscape

January 23, 2018
It's that time of the year. It's been rainy and warm so the weeds are sprouting! I don't know about you but I very much dislike weeding the garden. Here are some tips to help you keep up with the icky weeding chore. Weeds will invade any bare or thin area in a landscape.
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Camillia Petal Blight

January 16, 2018
Camellia petal blight affects all cultivars of Camellia japonica. Camellia sasanqua is infected less often in California. Identification Infection by the Ciborinia camelliae fungus initially causes small, brown, irregularly shaped blotches in petals.
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Restoring Habitat at Home

January 8, 2018
Most gardeners are aware that bees and butterflies are in decline, but did you know that habitat loss in also impacting birds, frogs and even turtles?
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Winter Grower Meetings 2018

January 8, 2018
By Whitney B Brim-Deforest
2018 Annual Rice Grower Meetings Sponsored by UC Cooperative Extension -------------- 5 Locations -------------- WHERE & WHEN Woodland: Tuesday, Jan. 16, 1:30 pm, Cracchiolo's Market, 1320 E. Main St., Woodland Richvale: Wednesday, Jan. 17, 8:30 am, Evangelical Church, 5219 Church St.
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Does Your Lawn Need Water?

January 2, 2018
Does Your Lawn Need Water? Adjust your sprinklers (or turn them off) for the changing weather. Let the rain do the work! Don't pay for what you don't need. Recently, I've seen people watering their lawns. Not just irrigating but letting the water run into the gutter.
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