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The Yolo Gardener
A quarterly publication for the home gardener produced by the Master Gardeners of Yolo County
| Issues | Articles | Type | Date Added |
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| Winter, 2013 (3,141KB) | Living Christmas Tree - Laura Cameron The Brown Marmorated Stink Bug - Chuck Ingels Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden - Melissa Kelly Collecting Memories - Willa Bowman Pettygrove Wiggle Worm Composting - Jan Bower Decorating for the Holidays from the Garden - Laura Cameron Garden Walk Buffalo - David Studer Kill Your Lawn, Not Your Trees - Bonnie Berman UC IPM Updates Winter Gardening Tips - Linda Parsons Free Master Gardener Classes
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12/5/13 | |
| Spring, 2014 (2,331KB) | *The Improved Yolo County Master Gardener Website - Jim Fowler *Grow your Own Vegetables From Seed - Michelle Haunold *Woodland Community College Spring Garden Fair and Plant Sale - Bonnie Berman *Keep the Neighbors Happy When You Take Out Your Lawn - Willa Bowman Pettygrove *Thinning Fruit and Seedlings - Laura Cameron *Hedgerows as Habitat - Jan Bower *Spring Gardening Tips - Linda Parsons *Free Master Gardener Classes |
3/21/14 | |
| Fall, 2013 (2,122KB) | * Care and Maintenance of Citrus" * The Horse-Owning Gardener's Dilemma * Reading the Fine Print of Seed Packets and Catalogs * Coffee Grounds: Good for your Plant * The Lazy Gardener * Fall Gardening Tips * Advice to Grow By: What Do You Want to Learn Today? Free Yolo County Master Gardener Workshops |
9/20/13 | |
| "Super Pest" - Marmorated Stink Bug makes an appearance in Sacramento (589KB) | The recent news about the brown marmorated stink bug (http://ucanr.org/?blogpost=11487&blogasset=60503) is good information is good information on this new pest to our area. |
9/20/13 | |
| Summer, 2013 (3,684KB) | Citrus and Avocado – David Studer Plant Fads and Old-Time Favorites – Willa Bowman Pettygrove Creating a Dry Stream Bed – Jan Bower Grape-Pruning Workshop – Michelle Haunold Are They Ripe Yet ? – Laura Cameron The Singapore Botanical Gardens – Ann Daniel Summer Gardening Tips – Linda Parsons |
6/11/13 | |
| Spring 2013 (3,368KB) | Master Gardening in Yolo County by Jim Fowler Snails and Aphids. . . Must be Spring! by David Studer Eucalyptus Globulus (Blue Gum) in California: Back to the Future by Willa Pettygrove Charles Robert Darwin, the Botanist by Jan Bower "Praying" Mantis: Friend? Enemy? Frenemy? by Peg Smith Everything's Better with Bacon (Avocados, that is) by Jan Bower Show Girls of Davis Central Park by Linda Parsons Spring Gardening Tips by Linda Parsons |
3/1/13 | |
| Winter 2012 (3,579KB) | “Bats with Benefits“ – Jim Fowler “Edible Landscaping” – David Studer “Horticultural Whodunits and other Bookish Escapes” – Ann Daniel “Mystery Crop” – Betsy Lurie “Adaptive Gardening” – Cid Barcellos “Phenology: What is it and Why Should we Care?” – Diana Morris “Life is Sweet (Potatoes” – Willa Bowman Pettygrove “Installing a Rain Garden: A Win-Win Situation” – Jan Bower “Winter Gardening Tips“ – Linda Parsons |
12/4/12 | |
| Fall 2012 (1,628KB) | “Good Bugs, Bad Bugs” - Willa Bowman Pettygrove “Garden Discovery” – Peggy Smith “Gardening for Seniors: A Lifelong Pleasure” – Jan Bower “As Gardens Grow” – Laura Cameron “Why Agricultural Inspection?” – David Studer “Your Neighbors are Asking” – Betsy Lurie “Fall Gardening Tips” – Linda Parsons |
9/2/12 | |
| Summer 2012 (2,552KB) | “Garden Weeds: Fighting the Good Fight” – Karen Wiesner “It’s a Lawn Story” – Betsy Lurie “Marvels of Adaptation in the Desert” – Jan Bower “What Grows in Cuba Stays in Cuba” - David Studer “Pests of the Home Garden” - Laura Cameron “Arizona Gardens: Not Just Hot Sand” – Willa Bowman Pettygrove “Summer Gardening Tips” – Linda Parsons |
6/2/12 | |
| Spring 2012 (2,435KB) | “Breeding Your Own Peppers” – Tamar Rein “Your Neighbors are Asking!” – Betsy Lurie “Rain Gardens” – David Studer “Spring Nursery Trips” – Laura Cameron “Citrus Versus Temperate Fruit Trees” – Willa Bowman Pettygrove “Spring Gardening Tips” – Linda Parsons “Pollards” - Jan Bower Free Master Gardener Workshops Any complete issue of the Yolo Gardener may be downloaded from http://ceyolo.ucdavis.edu/news_407/The_Yolo_Gardener/ |
3/2/12 | |
| Winter 2011 (2,863KB) | “Water-Wise Gardening” – Ann Daniel “Bulbs”- Laura Stuber Cameron “The Winner Is” – Linda Parsons “Grace Garden” – Cind Barcellos “Cut Flowers Banish Winter Blues” – Jan Bower “The Food Bank Garden” – Steve Radosevich “Holiday Magic at the New York Botanical Garden” – David Studer “Chinese Gardens” Willa Bowman Pettygrove “Winter Gardening Tips” – Linda Parsons |
12/1/11 | |
| Fall 2011 (2,891KB) | "A Weed or a Beneficial Plant?" - Laura Stuber Cameron |
9/2/11 | |
| Summer 2011 (3,264KB) | “Common Tomato Problems” – Karen Wiesner “Pocket Gophers” – Barbara Ohlendorf “First Aid for Gardeners” – Jan Bower “Changing One Garden Practice at a Time” – Gwen Oliver “Searching for Yolo County’s Favorite Tomatoes” – Steve Radosevich “Moon Gardens” – David Studer “A Study in Contrasts and Similarities” – Peg Smith “Success in Community Gardening” – Margaret Pettygrove and Willa Bowman Pettygrove “Summer Gardening Tips “ – Linda Parsons |
6/3/11 | |
| Spring 2011 (3,352KB) | “Don’t Dawdle with Giant Dodder” – Diana Morse “Aphids, and Earwigs, and Snails! Oh My” – Barbara Ohlendorf “Why Have a Vegetable Garden in a Park?”- Peg Smith “Fun With Genetics” – Willa Pettygrove “2011 Picks of the Year” – Jan Bower “Plants That Stink!” – David Studer “Spring Gardening Tips“ – Linda Parsons “Free Public Education Classes” – Steve Radosevich and Peg Smith |
3/1/11 | |
| Winter 2010 (3,858KB) | "Pest Notes: The Bible for Controlling Pests in the Home Garden" - Jim Fowler |
12/1/10 | |
| Fall 2010 | “Tree Squirrels” - Willa Petygrove “READY, SET, GROW” – Peg Smith “Winters Farmers Market” – Diana Morris “Read the Label” – Jim Fowler “Exploring the UCSC Life Lab” – Patt Tauzer Pavao “Fall Garden Jewels” – Linda Parsons “How I Became—and Remain—A Gardener” – Fred Deneke “Nature’s Medicine Chest:” – Jan Bower “Autumn Gardening Tips” – Linda Parsons | ||
| Summer 2010 | “Cherry Harvest: Good, or Rotten?” – Steve Radosevich “Bamboo 101”- Jan Resler “Managing Turf While Preserving the Environment” – Jim Fowler “Plant Collecting Part II: African Violets” – Willa Pettygrove “Companion Planting: Good Buddies in the Garden” – Jan Bower “Bristlecone Pines” – Fred Denke “Sustainable Gardening and Winter Vegetables” – Laura Cameron “Summer Gardening Tips” – Linda Parsons | ||
| Spring 2010 | -Quarantine! The Light Brown Apple Moth by David Studer -Spring Vegetables by Laura Cameron -The Versatile Agave by Diane Rake -Ohanami by David Studer -Taming Overgrown Fruit Trees by Nyla Wiebe and Steve Radosevich -Perennial and Herb Picks for 2010 by Jan Bower -Spring Gardening Tips by Linda Parsons -Spring Gardening Workshops and Plant Sale | ||
| Winter 2009 | * What the Platyhelminthes is This! – Peg Smith * Extraterrestrial Gardening – Jan Bower * Renew, Rejuvenate, and Rejoice – Linda Parsons * Community Gardening – Merle Clarke * The Appeal of Rock Gardens – Jan Bower * Simple Tools That Work in the Garden – Willa Pettygrove * Stormy Weather – David Studer * Winter GardeningTips – Linda Parsons * Choosing Mulches – Albert Crepeau * Discarding Plastic Pots – Diana Morris | ||
| Fall 2009 | “Foiling the Fungus Fairy” – Linda Parsons “Tea Time in the Garden” Patt Pavao “The Lunatic Gardener’s Guide to Water Gardens” – David Studer “Training Trees with Espalier” – Laura Cameron “More Reasons To Respect Plants: Poisons!” - Fred Denke “The Past is Prologue at Wolfskill" – Willa Pettygrove “From Parking Lot to Produce” – Peggy Smith “Fall Planting Guide for Roses” – Albert Crepeau “The Sleuths of Yolo County” – Martha Platt & Nyla Wiebe “Fall Gardening Tips” – Linda Parsons | ||
| Summer 2009 | *Snails and Slugs *time for Cactus Juice *Summer Pruning *Central Park Gardens Update *Creating a Bee Friendly Garden *Westfield Village Elementary School Comunity Garden *More Gardening for the Common Good *Vining Your Way | ||
| Spring 2009 | *Gardening for a Change *And The Winner Is *Seeds of Imagination *To Raise or Not to Raise - That is the Question *Best Band for Your Buck *Oxalis: Flower, Snack, or Weed? *Rototilling: Friend or Foe *Spring Gardening Tips *ASK URSULA | ||
| Winter 2008 | What is eating my Privet? *Farm Fun: Winter Gardening Activities *Home Grown Grapes *Experimenting with Winter Cover Crops *How to select Landscape Lighting *Reading About Soil: Part II *Fall Gardening Tips *Hedgerows | ||
| Fall 2008 | * Choosing and Maintaining Healthy Roses: Tips for Fall * Peter J. Shields Oak Grove * Naturalized Gardening * Central Park Garden * Garden Soil: The Problem of Drainage * Your Backyard CAn help Reduce Global Climate Change * Fall Gardening Tips * ASK URSULA * Free Master Gardener Classes | ||
| Summer 2008 | *Earthworms in the Garden, Redworms in the Leftovers *Attracting the Good Guys - Beneficial Insects *Dig Into Some Summer Reading - On Soil *Micro Crop Raising: Grow More in Less Space *Environmentally Sound Lawn Management *Argentine Ants *To Mulch or Not to Mulch *Summer Gardening Tips *Ask Ursula | ||
| Spring 2008 | *Look It Up on the IPM Website *Art in Gardening *Aphids *Westfield Village Elementary School Community Garden *Plan a Garden - Then Plant It *Spring Tomato Fever Hits Yolo County *Spring Gardening Tips *ASK URSULA * HOW TO Spring Gardening Classes | ||
| Winter 2007 | Christmas Cactus in Bloom Ring Around Your Holidays Have a Green Christmas! Winter Gardening Tips Pest Invasions Winter in the Backyard Orchard Ladybugs or Lady Beetles ASK URSULA | ||
| Fall 2007 | *Think Spring *Reccommended Trees for Yolo County *Can Palms be Grown Successfully in Northern California? *Fall Gardening Tips *Composting: Pile It Up and Let It Rot! *Drying Herbs *Gardening for the Common Good *Ask Ursula | ||
| Summer 2007 | Nutsedge: Can You Dig It? What Makes a Mediterranean Garden Summer Gardening Tips Controlling Rats in the Garden and Home How and Why I Became a Master Gardener Homey Bees and Colony Collapse Disorder The Backyard Orchard: Fertilizing & Pruning Citrus Ask Ursula | ||
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