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Curious Gardener Newsletters

This quarterly newsletter for Placer and Nevada County residents features articles written by Master Gardeners on local gardening and composting topics.

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Spring 2025 Curious Gardener Newsletter

February 21st, 2025
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?
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Winter 2025 Curious Gardener Newsletter

December 9th, 2024
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...
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Fall 2024 Curious Gardener Newsletter

September 3rd, 2024
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...
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Summer 2024 Curious Gardener Newsletter

June 3rd, 2024
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...
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Spring 2024 Curious Gardener Newsletter

March 7th, 2024
In This Issue Wigglers Offer Enrichment for Gardens ...........................................1 BotLat: Loooong Plant Names ......2 The Myth of Firewise Plants ............3 Hotline FAQs: Cottage Garden Under Oaks? .........................................5 Insect Bytes: Monarchs ..................
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Winter 2024 Curious Gardener Newsletter

December 4th, 2023
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...
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Fall 2023 Curious Gardener Newsletter

September 5th, 2023
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...
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Summer 2023 Curious Gardener Newsletter

June 5th, 2023
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..................
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Winter 2023 Curious Gardener Newsletter

December 2nd, 2022
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 .
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