Fruits And Vegetables

Liz Rees, UC Master Gardener of Nevada CountyFrom The Curious Gardener, Fall 2010Looking out into your garden, you pause to wonder, what was I thinking when I decided to grow all of these vegetable plants and all of these fruit trees? Questions keep flashing in your mind. How many recipes are there for…

School meals provide a significant portion of children’s daily nutrition, and policies like the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act, Community Eligibility Provision, and Healthy School Meals for All have improved access to healthier meals. However, variations in lunch period lengths and seated time may affect meal…

On January 7, 2026, the U.S. Departments of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Agriculture (USDA) released the 2025-2030 Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGAs). The newly released Guidelines deviate from prior DGAs in both process and content. What happenedU.S. law requires that the DGAs be revised…

Orchard Plant List  IMPROVED MEYER LEMONCitrus × meyeri 'Improved'OWARI SATSUMA MANDARINCitrus reticulata 'Owari'APPLE 6 IN 1Malus domesticaGHOST APPLEMalus domestica 'Ghost'COMPACT STELLA CHERRYPrunus Aviumi 'Compact Stella'SANTA ROSA PLUMPrunus salicina 'Santa Rosa'DAPPLE DANDY PLUOTPrunus…

Author: Chuck Ingels, UC Cooperative Extension, Sacramento County.Edited by Christine Joshel, Center for Pest Management research & Extension and Mary Lou Flint, IPM Education & Publications, UC Davis.Publication Number 31-S81 (revised July 2003)As result of increasing environmental …

Author, Chuck Ingels, Farm Advisor, Sacramento CountyEdited by Judy McClure, Master Gardener Program CoordinatorPublication Number 31-S68 (Published October 2000)Fruit trees will normally begin to bear fruit between two and five years after planting, depending mainly on the species and method of training and…

Author: Chuck Ingels, Farms Advisor, Sacramento County.Edited by Judy McClure, Master Gardener Program Coordinator.Illustrated bY Walter Dong.Publication Number 31-S84 (Published April 2000)Most trees produce more fruit than they can support or develop…

Author: Cindy Fake, Horticulture and Small Farms Advisor, Placer and Nevada CountiesPublication Number 31-111 (published December 2004)A mandarin by any other name would taste as sweet, but what is it? In Japanese, mandarin is mikan; in India;…

By Kathryn MacRoberts, UC Master Gardeners of Placer CountyFrom The Curious Gardener, Winter 2013“One berry, two berry, pick me a blueberry. Hatberry, shoeberry, in my canoeberry. Under the bridge, and over the dam, looking for berries, berries for jam.” Would you like a Berryland? Who doesn’t love…