Amador

Culinary herbs are an easy way to add healthy flavor and great taste to your cooking. Growing your own herbs keeps food costs lower as well as adding attractive, fragrant, and tasty plants to your landscape. A joint Master Gardener/Master Food Preserver class will discuss easy annual and perennial herbs to…

Join us as the Master Gardeners present a beautiful sampling of wildflowers found throughout Amador County. For the past 2 decades this show has been hosted by the Sierra Madre Garden Club. This year, it moves to Jackson as the Master Gardeners take over the sponsorship of the event.  Whether you…

No fat, low fat, no salt, watch the sugar; were constantly bombarded about how to eat healthier. One of the best ways to introduce healthy, delicious flavor into meals is to use herbs in our cooking. Many are easy to grow and preserve.

Blue Ribbon Up-Country Club meeting will be held at Pine Grove Elementary.

Concours dElegance is an antique and classic car show held at Ironstone Winery in Murphys. It is a fund raiser for 4-H in the foothill counties, FFA, and State Fair scholarships.

Wouldnt it be nice to have onion soup mix available in your cupboard whenever you needed it? Or a mix to make tomato soup on a cold rainy day? Join the Master Food Preservers of El Dorado County and learn to make your own dehydrated soup and spice mixes.

Late summer and early fall, after harvest, is a perfect time for pruning your fruit trees. Yes, traditional wisdom says to prune in the winter when the trees are dormant, but it can be REALLY cold then so late summer pruning could be much more comfortable.

Join us as we go beyond the usual orange juice and lemon meringue pie. We'll show you how to use citrus to make jelly, curd and candy. You will also learn ways to dehydrate and preserve these seasonal beauties.

Join the UCCE Master Food Preservers for their monthly general Q&A session. A panel of volunteers specializing in freezing, dehydrating, canning and food safety will be available to answer your questions, share their tips and encourage you to safely preserve food at home.

In this informative and hands-on class youll learn all about composting with worms, including what worms to use, their care and feeding, how to set up your own worm bin, troubleshooting and how to harvest and use your castings. Additionally, we will show you how to build your own low-cost worm bin.