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Preserving Strawberries I: Preparing, Dehydrating, and Freezing

Jun 10 2025

Learn how to safely prepare, freeze, and dehydrate fresh strawberries to enjoy their sweet flavor long after the season ends. This session will cover best practices for handling and storing berries to preserve quality and reduce waste.

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Central Sierra: Grow Your Own Festival (LT MG)

Jun 6 2025

Join the UC Master Gardeners of the Lake Tahoe Basin for a free community event celebrating the joys and benefits of edible gardening in high elevation regions. Whether you are a seasoned gardener or just starting out, this event has something for everyone!Edible plants chosen specifically for Tahoe's…

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Central Sierra: South Lake Tahoe Earth Day Celebration (LT MG)

Apr 19 2025

The UC Master Gardeners of the Lake Tahoe Basin are signed up for a participant booth at the 2025 South Tahoe Earth Day Festival. The theme of this year’s event is Protect Lake Tahoe, Protect Our Future, and is scheduled for Saturday, April 19 from 11 a.m. – 4 p.m. at Lake Tahoe Community…

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Central Sierra: Earth Day Celebration (LT MG)

Apr 12 2025

The UC Master Gardeners of Lake Tahoe will be participating at this event hosted by the South Lake Brewing Company. Join us in celebrating Earth Day with some education and fun that everyone can enjoy!

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Central Sierra: Lake Tahoe Basin | Master Gardener | Tahoe Friendly Garden: Wildfire Safety Resources

Gardening for fire defensible space serves to limit the threat of wildfire spreading to or from a structure. It includes the selection and maintenance of plants and mulch for low fire risk. Sustainable fire-wise landscaping should be easy to care for with minimal irrigation.

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Central Sierra: Lake Tahoe Basin | Master Gardener | Tahoe Friendly Garden: Home-Grown Food Resources

A Tahoe Friendly Garden will utilize science-based knowledge and practice with climate and growing seasons, soil conditions, moisture, and pest control can help you grow your own vegetables and become self-sufficient! Home-grown food: food gardening at altitude in Lake Tahoe's granite soils can pres...

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Central Sierra: Community Nutrition and Health

The CalFresh Healthy Living, UCCE program in the Central Sierra operates in four counties, El Dorado, Amador, Calaveras and Tuolumne. Our nutrition education team works out of offices in Placerville, South Lake Tahoe, Sutter Creek, San Andreas, and Sonora.

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Central Sierra: Lake Tahoe Basin | Master Gardener | Tahoe Friendly Garden: Additional Resources

Tahoe Friendly Garden Presentations Tahoe Friendly Landscape Design 2023 Tahoe Friendly Garden Design 2023 Choosing the Right Plant Tahoe Friendly Gardening for Defensible Space Gardening through the seasons -- Spring in Tahoe 2019 Gardening through the seasons--Summer in Tahoe 2019 Gardening throug...

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Community Nutrition and Health: El Dorado County- South Lake Tahoe

Office Location: 1100 Lyons Ave, Room D-3, South Lake Tahoe, CA 96150 CalFresh Healthy Living, UCCE Nutrition Educators: Alejandra Giron agiron@ucanr.edu Cristina Luquin cnluquin@ucanr.

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Tahoe Friendly Garden: Planting Zones in Lake Tahoe

Most gardening books, catalogs, and seed packets refer to plant hardiness zones, climate zones, or growing zones. Temperature hardiness climate zones are based on normally expected high and low temperatures and serve as guides to help you know which plants will grow where you live.

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