Fire safety in the garden
One or two minutes may be all the warning you get when it comes to fire. Fire-safe gardening around your home can give you the time you need to get out safely. [...]
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Rounding the bend
Kimberly Ewertz is a freelance writer for South Valley magazine and Gilroy Dispatch.
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- Kitchen personalization - March 30, 2021
- Vicki Goicovich, volunteer extraordinaire - December 9, 2020
- Program teaches health and stability for families - November 6, 2020
Running through the sleepy town of Mount Madonna, the Shay engine powers the locomotive as local residents laze in the summer sun at the nearby creek, while others are hard at work at the town’s booming businesses: the mining company, sawmill and lumber company. The architect [...]
How does your garlic grow?
Kate Russell is a UCCE Master Gardener in Santa Clara county.
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- Growing vegetables in containers - February 12, 2021
- Getting help in the garden - December 9, 2020
- Sunnyvale spotting of Asian gypsy moths has local gardeners worried - August 14, 2020
Being the Garlic Capital of the World means there are plenty of garlic goodies to be found in Gilroy, but growing your own garlic may be the most rewarding way to celebrate this cousin to onions, shallots, chives and leeks. In late spring, garlic plants may not look like much. [...]
Fuzzy, but not friends
Kate Russell is a UCCE Master Gardener in Santa Clara county.
Latest posts by Kate Russell (see all)
- Growing vegetables in containers - February 12, 2021
- Getting help in the garden - December 9, 2020
- Sunnyvale spotting of Asian gypsy moths has local gardeners worried - August 14, 2020
If you have citrus trees, you probably have citrus mealybugs. Cousin to scale insects, these tiny Morgan Hill pests are often overlooked. At first, you may see some sooty mold on a few leaves, an ant trail, or, finally, a telltale cluster of fuzzy white, tucked under leaves or [...]
Sap-sucking pests
Kate Russell is a UCCE Master Gardener in Santa Clara county.
Latest posts by Kate Russell (see all)
- Growing vegetables in containers - February 12, 2021
- Getting help in the garden - December 9, 2020
- Sunnyvale spotting of Asian gypsy moths has local gardeners worried - August 14, 2020
Aphids, or plant lice, are nearly always a problem in the garden. This is particularly true in winter, when it comes to cabbage aphids. Cabbage aphids (Brevicoryne brassicae) can wipe out a cabbage crop before it ever gets started. Native to Europe, this pest of cole crops is [...]
Garden myths
Kate Russell is a UCCE Master Gardener in Santa Clara county.
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- Growing vegetables in containers - February 12, 2021
- Getting help in the garden - December 9, 2020
- Sunnyvale spotting of Asian gypsy moths has local gardeners worried - August 14, 2020
Oxalic acid—you’ve heard the warnings, telling how rhubarb leaves and other plant parts that contain oxalic acid should not be eaten. But that’s not entirely accurate. Let’s learn the truth about oxalic acid in the garden. The chemistry behind oxalic acid As an acid, [...]
The bitter root
Kate Russell is a UCCE Master Gardener in Santa Clara county.
Latest posts by Kate Russell (see all)
- Growing vegetables in containers - February 12, 2021
- Getting help in the garden - December 9, 2020
- Sunnyvale spotting of Asian gypsy moths has local gardeners worried - August 14, 2020
Chicory root coffee may inspire thoughts of pastry and jazz, but this rugged roadside weed has a place in Gilroy gardens and landscapes. Chicory is a woody perennial that comes in many different varieties, depending on the cultivar used: roots (var. sativum) and leaves (var. [...]
Edible Garden
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- Edible Garden - August 4, 2017
One of the hottest culinary trends this summer, edible flowers, has a local champion in David Jamrock, the chef behind the sumptuous farm dinners at a downtown garden in Gilroy. Yet, while it took the influence of Food Network cooking programs to get people to try rose petals on [...]
Weeds be-gone
One of the hardest things about gardening is setting priorities. The to-do list never seems to end. Weeding, watering, deadheading, harvesting—there is always more to be done. Rather than feeling overwhelmed, you can make the most of your time in the garden by picking three [...]