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Boysenberries. Joyce Hill
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Growing Boysenberries in the Chico Area

February 28, 2025
Boysenberries are a delicious, low-sugar treat, appreciated by pie and jam connoisseurs alike. The Boysen berry is classified as a blackberry along with the Olallie berry and the Marion berry.
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News from the Edible Demo Garden

What Edible Gardens Need | Best Choices for Marin | Preparing | Planting & Spacing | Edibles in Containers | Planting Calendar | Grow & Care Sheets | Tips & Techniques |  Maintenance | Top 20 Problems in Edible Gardens | Fruit Trees | Cover Crops & Soil Enhancements | Conserving…
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Learn about using California native plants in your home garden landscape
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California Native Plants

For success growing California native plants, it’s best to provide a garden location similar to a species natural habitat. Find information here to grow California native plants in your Sonoma County garden.
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Expert tips to grow cauliflower in Sonoma County home gardens
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Cauliflower

Cauliflower is a cole crop in the Brassicaceae (cabbage) family along with broccoli, Brussels sprouts, kale, kohlrabi, and cabbage. Of these, cauliflower is the most sensitive to low and high temperatures and does best when there is moisture in the air.
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Eggplant
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Eggplant

A member of the nightshade (Solanaceae) familyalong with tomatoes, tomatillos, peppers, and potatoeseggplant has been a staple in India and the Middle East for centuries. Its name is derived from the egg shape of its shiny fruit.
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Contact Us

Send us an email anrmgmerced@ucanr.edu Visit our information booth at the Merced Farmer's Market on the first and third of most Saturdays from 8-11am (March- October). Attend one of our monthly community workshops. Click here to view the event calendar. Subscribe to our public newsletter.
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Central Sierra: El Dorado County | Master Gardener | Marsh

The Sherwood Demo Garden is comprised of 16 individual gardens. The Marsh is a man made freshwater wetland located within the Sherwood Demonstration Garden used as an educational garden to assist the community with understanding ecosystems, sustainability, invasive and aquatic weeds, insects, mollusks and…
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Composting Information

The Placer County Master Gardeners are also Master Composters! They want to help you turn your organic materials into the best soil amendment on earth: compost!! Please check our events calendar on the home page for composting workshops coming up.
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Master Gardener Radio Show

#409 (365, 267) Lisa Page explains how to plan your vegetable garden. #408 (307, 254) Lisa Page interviews Debbie Elinger - Pruning Roses. #407 (356, 304, 250) Scott Oneto Oblong Spurge, Lisa Page Seed Catalogs.
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