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Pest Management for Your Vegetable Garden - DEMO

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May 10 2025

Pest Management for Your Vegetable Garden This third class in our Vegetable Growing series will acquaint you with the most pesky invertebrate pests in your spring/summer vegetable garden and techniques to manage them.  You will learn to differentiate between the bad guys and the beneficials, focus…
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Pest Management in Your Vegetable Garden - ONLINE

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May 8 2025

 Pest Management for Your Vegetable Garden NEW Vegetable Gardening Class Series This third class in our Vegetable Growing series will acquaint you with the most pesky invertebrate pests in your spring/summer vegetable garden and techniques to manage them.  You will learn to differentiate…
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Spring is Here! Let's Grow Veggies!

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Apr 26 2025

Let's grow veggies!Spring is here and it's time to find out how to prepare your garden beds for high productivity, learn what to plant when, know what to plant from seed versus starts, and discover tips to keep your plants thriving through the summer months. Our class will be taught by a group of…
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Growing Avocados on the Central Coast

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Apr 24 2025

Did you know you can grow great avocados in our cool foggy summers?Join our online workshop to learn all about avocados!Find out which varieties do best in our Monterey Bay area, how to choose a good tree and how to plant it properly, how to care for and fertilize your tree as well as protect it from pests…
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Planting & Caring for Your Vegetable Garden - DEMO

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Apr 19 2025

Ready to start your FIRST vegetable garden? Or IMPROVE upon your previous efforts?  Join us for our . . .  NEW Vegetable Gardening Class Series giving less experienced vegetable growers the informationthey need to succeed. Class 2 - Planting & Caring for Your Vegetable…
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Planting & Caring for Your Vegetable Garden - ONLINE

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Apr 17 2025

Ready to start your FIRST vegetable garden? Or IMPROVE upon your previous efforts?  Join us for our . . .  NEW Vegetable Gardening Class Series giving less experienced vegetable growers the informationthey need to succeed. Class 2 - Planting & Caring for Your Vegetable…
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Regenerative Soil Techniques for the Home Gardener

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May 3 2025

Monterey Bay/Santa Cruz County Master Gardeners invite our local community to join us to learn regenerative soil techniques that you can add to your gardening bag of tricks.Growing healthy soil helps the home gardener grow vibrant veggies and herbs, bountiful fruit trees and gorgeous flowers. We will…
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Native Plants Past & Future with the Amah Mutsun Community

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Mar 29 2025

Join us to learn about the native plants of San Benito and surrounding counties. We'll explore their biodiversity, beauty, ethnobotany and ecological benefits. We can only imagine how diverse the flora of San Benito County was in past centuries.
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Protecting Pollinators & Wildlife with New Laws in CA

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Jan 16 2025

New laws in California have recently been passed to address negative pesticide effects on pollinators and wildlife. Come learn about these new laws and what it means for several common home and garden pests, including insects and rodents.
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California Forest Science Symposium

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Mar 24 2025 - Mar 25 2025

The California Society of American Foresters and California Fire Science Consortium are partnering to host the first annual California Forest Science Symposium on March 24-25, 2025.
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