San Bernardino

I say good for the young woman below! Thank you, Darrell, for passing the below to me to post here. I wish I could taste it. Having trouble with your Orange Marmalade? Try harder. This 9 y/o won Double Gold on her first try. Deemed World's Best over 3000 other competitors. https://www.cbc.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, families were becoming more food insecure than ever before and with stay at home orders, shopping for food and other items was becoming limited.

Gardening is fun, and it is rewarding, but it also can be time consuming.

Made a batch of chicken broth recently and pressure canned it up. For previous batches I have used a conglomeration of leftover chicken bones, carcasses, necks and such that I stash in my freezer for just such a use. For this batch I went shopping for some other things.

Stinknet (Oncosiphon pilulifer) is a relatively new weed to North America and has been moving quickly and spreading in San Bernardino County. Gardeners may have noticed this unusual yellow-flowered plant growing in their yard this year, even though we are in a significant drought.

UCCE San Bernardino County Master Gardener July 2021 Spotlight: Debbie Schnur This month's UCCE San Bernardino County Master Gardener Debbie Schnur was frustrated by the amount of organic waste she saw being thrown in the trash.

Loquat-a-rama-bama-lama. No lamas here, but bama-lama but it went well with Loquat-a-rama. Mainly I wanted to suggest to try some loquats. Secondarily I wanted to share some confusion that I tunneled into with my rabbit-hole search for loquat recipes for canning.

A passion for gardening inspires many gardeners to want to learn more so they can become better gardeners. This desire to learn more leads many gardeners like Gretchen Heimlich-Villalta to the University of California Cooperative Extension (UCCE) Master Gardener program.

Summer gardens are just around the corner and I am so here for it!! I can't wait to harvest some fresh home-grown tomatoes! I'm looking forward to some sweet, warmed by the sun, fresh off the tree apricots and peaches. I'm delighted to see my deciduous trees leaf out.

NOTICE TO ALL: Really, I am not recommending this following!!! I just read an article about a VERY interesting way that was used, once upon a time, to keep milk fresh. It involved a pretty common amphibian taking a bath in some milk.