http://ccmg.ucdavis.edu/HortCoCo/index.cfm?blogrss=12496&utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS%2BFeed HOrT CoCo en-us UC ANR http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/rss/ Sat, 25 May 2013 19:28:53 PST Sat, 25 May 2013 19:28:53 PST UC ANR In celebration of the Contra Costa Master Gardeners' 30th Anniversary, we came up with 30 (plus 1) signs that you might be a gardener. Hope you enjoy them! Argues constantly that compost smells sweet. Delays vacation travel until after the harvest. Dirt! In your house, in the trunk of your car, under your fingernails and on your shoes, even the good ones! Every vacation has a nursery and /or botanic garden involved. Favorite color is green. Gets at least a dozen catalogs in the......
]]> Mon, 28 Jan 2013 14:46:39 PST http://ucanr.edu/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=9148&utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS%2BFeed Eileen Linn http://ucanr.edu/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=9148 ]]> Thu, 15 Dec 2011 07:43:59 PST http://ucanr.edu/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=6399&utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS%2BFeed Molly Wahl http://ucanr.edu/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=6399 ]]> Fri, 11 Nov 2011 17:49:33 PST http://ucanr.edu/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=6173&utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS%2BFeed Molly Wahl http://ucanr.edu/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=6173     As I write this blog entry the view out my window shows pendulous grey clouds and rain.  Our first storm of the season has rolled in and dropped about ¾ of an inch of rain.  Mother Nature’s timing couldn’t be any better- Merritt College’s Fall Plant Sale was last weekend and I went a little native happy.  I purchased a lupine (Lupinus arboreus), a Mimulus hybrid that has multi-colored flowers, and a Seaside Daisy (Erigeron glaucus) just to name a few.  Happily, I got all of my natives in......
]]> Thu, 06 Oct 2011 05:13:49 PST http://ucanr.edu/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=5923&utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS%2BFeed Molly Wahl http://ucanr.edu/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=5923 As promised, this entry will be about some of the more experimental plants I have tried to grow this season in my garden.  Since finishing my permaculture design course, I have been really interested in edible perennial plants.  Although they take a bit more effort to get established, they often need less ongoing care than tender annuals.  They usually have better established root systems so they are more able to access ground water and nutrients.  They also typically have fewer issues with......
]]> Sat, 03 Sep 2011 09:25:16 PST http://ucanr.edu/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=5689&utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS%2BFeed Molly Wahl http://ucanr.edu/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=5689 Here in Richmond, July passed by in a whirl of bees and pollen.  We have settled into our regular “summer” weather pattern here in the El Cerrito/Richmond area- low clouds and fog until midday when the sun beats back the gray and shines until sunset.  This is great for lettuce, greens, and my beans, but at this rate I might have a ripe tomato in October. But today I don’t want to talk about the same old patterns in my garden; I want to talk about what is new, exciting, and different!  Yep, I......
]]> Fri, 05 Aug 2011 11:47:47 PST http://ucanr.edu/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=5462&utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS%2BFeed Molly Wahl http://ucanr.edu/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=5462 ]]> Thu, 30 Jun 2011 22:52:41 PST http://ucanr.edu/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=5242&utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS%2BFeed Molly Wahl http://ucanr.edu/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=5242 ]]> Fri, 24 Sep 2010 11:46:53 PST http://ucanr.edu/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=3496&utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS%2BFeed Sharon Gibson http://ucanr.edu/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=3496 by Liz Rottger, Contra Costa Master Gardener. Since I’ve always prided myself on raising my own homegrown tomatoes (even in Richmond), I was a little embarrassed a couple of weeks ago to have to buy several pounds from Monterey Market, the renowned vegetable market in Berkeley, because for the very first time, I don’t have a single ripe tomato in my garden. Not one! How could that be? It would be easy to join everyone else in blaming the gloomy, overcast weather we’ve been having this entire......
]]> Mon, 06 Sep 2010 12:12:35 PST http://ucanr.edu/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=3366&utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS%2BFeed Sharon Gibson http://ucanr.edu/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=3366 ]]> Mon, 06 Sep 2010 11:59:39 PST http://ucanr.edu/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=3365&utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS%2BFeed Sharon Gibson http://ucanr.edu/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=3365