Here you go: Mushrooms as spices, able to be powdered and added to food for that mushroom-y umami flavor. Tasty, delicious, fresh 'shrooms are very perishable; commercially dried at the grocery are really expensive. . . What to do? ---Dry your own, I say.
I recently attended a Santa Ana River - Orange County Weed Management Area (SAROCWMA) meeting and there was the opportunity for participants to update the group about new invasive plants as well as give an update on management of these and others.
Summer is here! To help Redlands Unified School District kick-off their summer meals program this year, EFNEP participated in the kick-off fair at the Redlands Community Park on Wednesday, June 13th.
[This story was updated July 5 to add Jennifer Henkens, 4-H community educator for UCCE Sacramento County, to the list of 4-H eLearning team members. Her name was inadvertently omitted in the original announcement.
Is that song running through your head yet? I call these the Big Four: Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme. Easy to grow in our area (southern California), common to find in pots, and tasty in recipes. They can be beautiful in the garden or pot.
The red imported fire ant, or RIFA for short, is no ordinary red ant. This invasive pest lives up to its name, delivering a sting that causes a burning sensation when its venom is injected into the skin. People sometimes confuse RIFA with the native southern fire ant.
Get some spicy, tasty goodness in your canning, cooking and eating. There are a lot of things to eat that can enhance your meals. Our "Spice It Up" class is coming up. Make sure you sign up and don't miss it! Spice It Up Class: June 21, 2018; 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
WebANR Caf Thursday Join us on June 21 at noon for our next WebANR Caf Thursday: How Your Work Builds ANR's Public Value (or, how we impact California).
Encouraging healthy bee populations has long been part of the Master Gardener mission. In our study of Integrated Pest Management (IPM), we learn that chemical pesticides can do harm to entire food chains, from plants to insects, and other wildlife.
