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…
A panel of volunteers specializing in freezing, dehydrating, canning and food safety will be available to answer your questions and share their tips so you can safely and successfully preserve food at home.
Christopher Chen, UC Cooperative Extension integrated vineyard systems advisor for Lake, Mendocino and Sonoma counties, works to ensure that the vineyards that produce the region’s world-renowned wines can thrive amid the challenges of climate change, wildfires and water scarcity.
In the winegrape vineyards of northern California, fire and its associated smoke pose a unique threat in the form of smoke-taint damage to the fruit. A preliminary study looks at whether prescribed burning as a fire prevention method poses a risk to winegrape crops.
So you've spent the latter part of your summer preserving tomatoes. Congratulations! Don't be daunted by the thought of what to do with all of these gorgeous preserved goodies, take a look at the UC Master Food Preservers of Central Sierra's preserved tomato recipe collection.
Garden Help > How ToSaving seeds is an easy and economical way to continue growing favorite varieties.Top tips for successful seed saving Save seeds from healthy plants and healthy produce. Seeds from sickly plants may produce weak seedlings, might pass on genetic weakness, or even harbor…
Garden Help > How To > Seed Saving Basics Beans and Peas Cucumbers Eggplant Lettuce Okra Peppers/chiles Squash and Pumpkins Tomatoes Biennial Vegetables Flowers Herbs See Seed Saving Basics for general information on saving seeds. Type: Easy, self-pollinated before flowers open.
Fundamental Canning Processes handouts and food safety informational posters can he found here, as well as slideshows and videos of pre-recorded or past workshops.