San Bernardino

On September 28th, a group of eleven Master Gardeners from San Bernardino and Riverside Counties took a bus tour of Lamb Canyon Landfill in Beaumont.

This spring I was amazed at how much my garden rebounded after several years of drought and I bet you might have been too! It has been such a joy to see the many shades of green and all the spring blooms.

I knew that atmospheric steam canners (AKA "ASC" from here on) were good to go with canning jams and jellies.

In my previous blog, I gave an overview of the first two days of COMPOST2023. The event, hosted by the The US Composting Council in January, was an outstanding learning and networking experience.

This month's spotlight is on UCCE San Bernardino County Master Gardener Donna Palmer. She has been a Master Gardener (MG) for a few years, joining during our first virtual class in 2021. She is a natural teacher and has taken on the role of being a MG like she had been doing it her whole life.

I couldn't believe it when I heard that COMPOST2023, billed as the world's largest composting event, was going to be held in Ontario, California in January.

Getting to know your Potting Containers: When a container isn't just a container When choosing a container for your potted plants there's lots of things to consider.

Nancy Mannon became a UC Cooperative Extension Master Gardener in San Bernardino County 2019 and her love of gardening and nature was immediately apparent, as you will learn below.

For the first time in three years, the California Agriculture in the Classroom Conference was held in-person this past September. Ventura County, with its rich agricultural heritage, was the perfect location for the conference to make its comeback.

School and Community Garden Collaborative Quarterly Workshop was on the 17th and it was great! Did you miss it? Check out the recordings here: Full workshop link: https://youtu.be/lhAb1Q5LF40 Building your Soil presentation: https://youtu.