Happy Holidays and New Year in advance!  Enjoy our new issue of the Curious Gardener!

Gardening in Placer County:

A Different Kind of Gold ................ 1

Important Invasive Species Updates

from UC IPM....................... 3

Nevada County

Demonstration Garden News ....... 4

BotLat: Winter Food ..................... 4

Winter Garden To-dos Include

Weeds, Daffodils .......................... 5

Unusual Edibles:

Aztec Broccoli Anyone?................ 5

Hotline FAQ: Trees for Shade ...... 6

Insect Trivia: The Wonderful World

of Cicadas .................................... 6

All-Star: Bush Germander ............ 7

Cicada Trivia Answers .................. 7

Gophers: Eating Machines ........... 8

Events and Workshops................. 9