Nutrition & Health

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Purple zinnias with summer veggies, David Giroux MG
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Vegetables

Here in Santa Clara County, we can grow vegetables year round. This Vegetable Planting Chart provides month-by-month planting times for warm and cool season vegetables. Vegetable Garden Basics: Information on successful vegetable gardening and how to get started Vegetable talks and tips videos: Full length…
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EFNEP

What can the EFNEP Adult Program do for you? By means of the Eating Smart Being Active curriculum, EFNEP helps limited-resource adults and their families establish and maintain healthy eating habits, physically active lifestyles, and sound nutritional knowledge.
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Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program

The Nutrition Policy Institute conducts evaluations of USDAs Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly known as the federal Food Stamp Program, the largest program offering nutrition assistance to millions of eligible, low-income individuals and families.
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Learn how to grow your own pumpkins
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Pumpkins

Pumpkins conjure up a nostalgic feeling for simpler days of growing crops on the farm and prompt families to tromp through acres of orange orbs in search of the perfect pumpkin.
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lettuce growing in Sonoma County home garden
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Lettuce

Lettuce has been cultivated and selectively bred for several centuries, first in the Middle East, then by the Romans who named it latuca or milk because of its white sap. The name became lettuce in English. Few vegetables are as easy to grow year-round with such a multitude of varieties.
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tips for growing microgreens
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Growing Microgreens

Microgreens are selected vegetables and herbs that are harvested as seedlingsusually 2-3 weeks after sowing when they reach 2-3 in. tall. Growing microgreens is possible any time of the year; they add a bit of freshness especially during winter when grown on a sunny window sill.
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Apricot tree
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Fruit Trees

Tom Swinnen, Pexels Fruit trees need suitable climates, well-drained soil, proper planting, and maintenance throughout the season. It takes some planning and work to get them established, but once you do it's a joy to pick fruit fresh from the garden. Here's how to create your very own home orchard.
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Bouquet of unusually colored sunflowers
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Spring Garden Fair

Our annual Spring Garden Fair is held at our Martial Cottle Park Demonstration Garden in San Jose. You can shop our plant sale, stroll through our gardens, attend a talk, and bring your plant, soil, pest, and tool questions to our Information tables.
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