The Savvy Sage

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A Master Gardeners blog to: Educate, Inspire, and Ignite Knowledge.

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July Garden Tips and Vegetable Planting Guide

June 27, 2025
Article by Peg Smith - July is a month to sit back with iced tea or lemonade and enjoy the results of your spring labors. It is also a time to make sure that garden tasks are completed early before the heat of the day. A gardener’s body is their best tool. The sensible approach (I must confess to not…
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NEW in Yolo County! The Woodland Regional Park Preserve

June 27, 2025
  Article by Lorie Hammond -  Many of us drive between Davis and Woodland for work, pleasure, or to go to Costco! The experience of traversing County Road 102 between these towns is utilitarian at best. For a delightful surprise, take a half-hour deviation and turn east on County Road 25A…
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Photo of eucalypts on the Tasmania coast.
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California Eucalypts: Should We Love Them or Hate them?

June 25, 2025
 Article by Peg Smith - First a quick ramble through California’s history…Why does California history have anything to do with eucalypts? It gives perspective to the increasing human presence in California and an example of the subsequent effects and changes in original flora and fauna of…
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purple plums ready for picking
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Summer in Davis

June 20, 2025
Haiku by Shawna RickardLong day; light beats downWilted sunflowers will riseFound and plucked ripe plums! 
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Landscape Transitions Part 1 - Focal Points

June 12, 2025
Article by Kate Bear -   Nearly three years ago, my husband and I moved to Davis. The house we bought for our retirement life had a yard that included drip irrigation and no lawn, two positive attributes. The landscape was neat and easy to maintain, but didn’t satisfy my desire for variety, color,…
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