UC Master Gardeners of Butte County

Our December Real Dirt Blog article was shared statewide (and beyond) by the state UC Master Gardener program! Check us out!

Master Gardener News and Events for December - https://mailchi.mp//master-gardener-news-and-events-for-de

COVID-19 put the world on pause ... but our mission is moving forward! On this global day of giving, your gift to the UC Master Gardener Program of BUTTE COUNTY will help advance our mission to be the most trusted source of home gardening information! https://ucanr.blackbaud-sites.com/MasterGardener

According to an article by Douglas Kent (First Aid for Sonoma County's Fire-Damaged Soil, Santa Rosa Press Democrat, October 27, 2017), erosion leaps as high as 200 percent following fires in urbanized areas. Master Gardener Laura Lukes reveals valuable techniques you can use to minimize soil erosion and other negative effects from fire -- in a recent edition of The Real Dirt Blog, found here: https://ucanr.edu/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm

In this edition of The Real Dirt Blog, Master Gardener Cindy Weiner shares that "One approach to dealing with drought conditions in the garden is to turn to native plants that are well-acclimated to our local environment." Read more about "No Fail Natives" here: https://ucanr.edu/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm

Master Gardener Kim Schwind shares great gardening tips about garlic in this edition of the Real Dirt Blog. "Garlic is a species in the onion genus Allium, and therefore related to onions, shallots, leeks, and chives. It is flavorful, nutritious, and easy to grow." https://ucanr.edu/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm

In this week's edition of The Real Dirt Blog, Master Gardener Grace Mahannah gives tips on sustainable gardening practices that are generally easy and inexpensive to implement: proper plant choice & placement, composting, mulching, and cover cropping. Learn other ways you can be "Meeting Nature Halfway" by visiting the article here:

Master Gardener News and Events for October - https://mailchi.mp//master-gardener-news-and-events-for-oc

In our current edition of The Real Dirt Blog, Master Gardener Laura Lukes shares with us the best practices for "Safely Cleaning Wildfire Ash from Yards and Gardens." https://ucanr.edu/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm

Water-wise Wednesday: When you remove your summer vegetable garden, consider adding compost to the soil. This will help increase soil moisture retention and improve the soil quality. For more information on composting, click on the link below. https://anrcatalog.ucanr.edu/pdf/8367.pdf

Join the UC Master Gardener Program and the Director of the Botanical Conservatory at UC Davis discuss houseplants. Of course sunlight is very important for in...door plants and is the most important resource insufficiently provided to houseplants. But, what else should indoor growers do and take into consideration when growing plants indoors if you're not in Hawaii or a tropical country where most houseplants plants originate? See more

Virtual 2020 UC Master Gardener Mini Conference preview: Composting for Soil Health. There are so many organic materials that we throw into our garbage cans tha...t can be transformed into a wonderful soil amendment by way of home composting. The practice of composting is not a one size fits all thing; different household situations call for different methods of composting. Learn how to take your situation and utilize a system of composting that works for you and your garden! https://ucanr.edu//2020MGCon/2020_Virtual_Mini_Conference/

The 3 C's of Ash Clean-up During & After a Fire: Control, Contain and Capture... https://www.ourair.org/ash-cleanup/

Master Gardener News and Events for September - https://mailchi.mp//master-gardener-news-and-events-for-se