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Project Leader Kickoff (In-Person)

Aug 4, 2024

NEW for the 2024-2025 program year, volunteers will be trained on the 4-H Thriving Model and this kickoff event covers topics designed to enhance your role as a project leader.
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New Adult Volunteer Orientation (Virtual)

Aug 6, 2024

All adults who apply to be an adult volunteer in the 4-H YD Program must complete either an in-person or virtual New Adult Volunteer Orientation. Please check the New Adult Volunteer Orientation R.S.V.P. form for an orientation date and location that works for you and R.S.V.P. as soon as you can.
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Feed and Showmanship Seminar

Apr 20, 2024

Feed & Showmanship Seminar Free event hosted by Amador 4-H and Ione Tack & Feed Swine, Poultry, Goat and Sheep specific seminars on livestock nutrition and showmanship Pre- Register by 4/17/24 to be entered in a prize drawing https://docs.google.
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PAST: With a Cherry On Top (in person - Placerville)

Apr 27, 2024

Cherries, all ways!! Learn how to turn this tasty fruit into a variety of preserved foods. Well cover different preservation techniques, plenty of recipes and tips, and inspiration for using your preserves. Class is free and includes a handout with 2 demonstration recipes.
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Amador Compost Learning Center

A new Community Compost Site opened in June 2025 at Mother Lode Land Trust’s C&C Ranch. The site is a collaborative effort by the Land Trust, University of California Master Gardeners, Amador Waste Management and Recycling Department, and is supported by a generous grant from CalRecycle. This partnership…
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The buds shown on the walnut branches are male flowers called catkins
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UC scientists ask walnut trees: When do you need to be irrigated?

April 16, 2025
By Trina Kleist
UC scientists are working with growers in Tehama, Butte, Lake, Amador, Contra Costa, Stanislaus and Yolo counties to test a new way of measuring the irrigation needs of walnut trees. Shackel and team think this new method will allow growers to use less water by not irrigating early in the season, and trees…
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PRESS RELEASE: UCCE Master Gardeners of Amador County 4/2/25

Heritage Rose Garden Gets National Wildlife Certificationby Susan PriceThe Heritage Rose Garden (HRG) was recently certified as a National Wildlife Habitat.  If you have visited the HRG recently, you may have noticed the plaque proudly displayed beside the kiosk at the garden’s entrance.With a…
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