This quarterly newsletter for Placer and Nevada County residents features articles written by Master Gardeners on local gardening and composting topics.
In this issue: Spring Garlic Unusual Edible: Chayote Common Myths About Citrus Tour the Placer County Demonstration Garden Best Practices of Great Gardeners Q&As: When to Plant Perennials Garden Design: Ground Covers Climate Ready Plants Insect Bytes: Murder Hornets Tomatogeddon Last Summer?
In this issue: Dormant Season and Fruit Tree Pests Designing for Winter Interest All Things Blueberries Theres Fungus Among Us Unusual Edible: Roselle All-Star: Hardenbergia violacea Nevada County Demonstration Garden News News from the Placer County Demonstration Garden Garden Q&As: Grasshoppers In...
In this issue: Fertilizing Your Trees Unusual Edible: Chocolate Vine Cover Cropping in Foothill Gardens Hotline FAQs: Soil for Raised Vegetable Beds All-Star: Marina Madrone Water-Wise Gardening Nevada County Demonstration Garden News 2025 Gardening Guide and Calendar Hot Off the Press! Insect Bytes...
In this issue: Summer Fruit Tree Pruning Hotline FAQs: Controlling Leafminers Visit UC Master Gardeners at Your Local Farmers Market Master Gardeners of Nevada County Demonstration Garden News Unusual Edible: A High Octane Berry Become Water Smart and Make Your Plants Happy Ergonomic Tools Tips for...
In this issue: Low Maintenance Gardening Unusual Edible: Cocoxochitl Mediterranean Oak Borer Myths of Winter Fruit Tree Care Nevada County Demonstration Garden News Hotline FAQs: Redbud Damage USDA Updates Zone Map BotLat: Add Grasses for Winter Interest Ground Broken for Demonstration Garden in Pla...
In this issue: Red Imported Fire Ants UC Master Gardeners Transforming Education in Placer County Garden Ghoulishness II All-Star: Winter Honeysuckle Unusual Edible: Wapato BotLat: Plant Names Creating Defensible Space: Quick Tip on Shrub Maintenance Kids Korner: Pine Cone Bird Feeder Abiotic Plant...
In this issue: Planning and Planting a Slope...1 Go Bananaswith Pawpaws! ....2 Harvesting Rainwater..................3 Insect Trivia..................................4 Hotline FAQ: Codling Moths.......4 Visit Us at Farmers Markets.......4 Insect Trivia Answers..................
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 .
