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Joy of Blooming Perennials
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PODCAST: Joy of Blooming Perennials

May 7, 2025
This week on In the Garden with UCCE Master Gardeners, you are in for a real listening treat! A replay of a wonderful broadcast from 2016. UC Master Gardener and show host Teena Spindler devotes the entire hour to the “Joy of Blooming Perennials.” Her guest is Horticultural Consultant and “The Plantsman…
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KUCI Brings Gardening Expertise Through the Air Waves
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KUCI Brings Gardening Expertise Through the Air Waves

May 2, 2025
A lifelong interest in gardening led Bill Brooks to become a Master Gardener. Upon his semi-retirement, after 40 years of teaching science and sixth-graders, he became a member of the Master Gardener class of 2019. Today, Bill serves as co-lead for the 2025 training class, is a member of the speaker’s bureau…
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Plastic tubbing of drip irrigation system
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May 2025: Drip Irrigation Troubleshooting

April 29, 2025
 When the winter rains end, it’s time for gardeners to focus on providing spring and summer edibles with the water they need to grow and produce. While hand watering may be the simplest way to adjust watering to the needs of individual plants, it’s not the most efficient means for getting the right…
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Seed packets
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April 2025: The Joys of Selecting and Planting Seeds

March 24, 2025
 It’s hard to find a gardener who doesn’t love checking out new seed varieties and anticipating the abundant and tasty harvest they promise. The photos and descriptions are tantalizing and the names intriguing. Who wouldn’t be curious about a pumpkin variety called ‘Abominable’, a pepper named ‘Frodo’,…
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collard plant photo by Shariq Kashmiri
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Collard

Collards, Brassica oleracea var. viridis, are a cool season vegetable grown for their leaves. They do not form a head like cabbage.
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corn growing at College of Marin Indian Valley Organic Farm and Garden
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Corn

Corn, Zea mays, is in the Poaceae family (Grass) and is technically a grain, considered a fruit, but also commonly categorized as a vegetable. It descended from a Mexican grass called teosinte. Corn is a warm season, fast growing, annual crop. It needs warmth, space, well-drained, rich soil, and generous…
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Houseplant Care

Monthly Care | Plant Care | Fertilizing | Pruning | Propagating | Seed Saving | Planting | Tools | Garden Sanitation | Health & Safety in the GardenHow to Care for Houseplants Plants growing indoors need some specialized care.  While they don’t face the weather extremes that outdoor plants do,…
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ground cherry photo Jean Christofferson
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Groundcherry

Groundcherry, Physalis peruviana, is an easy care and prolific plant in the nightshade family. Produces small, round edible fruit in little paper lanterns similar to a tomatillo. Requires some space. Growing requirements are similar to tomatoes.
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pepper varieties
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Peppers

Peppers, Capsicum annum, consist of many varieties, including sweet (bell, banana) and spicy (Anaheim, cayenne, jalapeño, serrano). Chile peppers are smaller, longer, thinner, and more tapered than sweet peppers. Peppers are native perennials in Central and South America but they are grown as annuals here…
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