Stanislaus

Knowing when to harvest any citrus fruit involves the question of its degree of maturity. Technically speaking, there is no ripening process in citrus fruits and no such thing as "tree ripe" fruit.

This past week, Master Gardener volunteers Alice and Crystal taught an Herbology class at the Modesto branch of the Stanislaus County Library on December 16, 2022.

Are you signed up for our Online Class, Marvelous Monarchs? You won't want to miss this.

Peach leaf curl, a fungus disease of peach and nectarine trees, is very common in home gardens. Cool and rainy weather provide ideal conditions for the spread of the disease. Recognizing the disease is simple, since it occurs only on peaches and nectarines and has very definite symptoms.

Our Marvelous Monarchs in-person class in October was a hit with attendees. Some of you wrote that you were disappointed to miss it, and others noted they were too far away to attend as they don't live in Stanislaus County.

This blog article is for readers who may have heard of subsoil, but don't really know what it is, or how it may or may not affect their gardening efforts. There are several layers (also known as horizons to soil scientists) that can be found when we dig deeper and deeper down into the soil.

Healthy Soils Week is a campaign by the California Department of Food and Agriculture to highlight the importance of soil health. We thought our readers might be interested in some of the common questions our UCCE Stanislaus County Master Gardener Help Line receives about soils and fertilizers.

Thanks to donations from readers like you, our Pollinator Gardening project raised a total of $1,000. This amount will go towards our garden signage and pathway. We've sent out narrowleaf milkweed seed packets, which you should receive in the mail soon.

If you have a backyard*, you could be growing your own fruit trees! Did you know? Fruit trees can be kept under 6' tall so you can easily access the fruit.

Here at the Ag Center in Modesto, we are dreaming about next steps for our Pollinator Garden/Outdoor Classroom. You can see in this photo that native plants in bloom are quite beautiful.