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Maintaining Garden and Raised Bed Soil: The Soil and Plant Relationship

Apr 12 2025

Maintaining Garden and Raised Bed Soil: The Soil and Plant RelationshipDescription: Do you know that soil is much more than sand, silt and clay? Healthy soil is all about the relationship between plants and soil. In this talk UC Master Gardener Terry Lyngso will explain the components of soil, why plants…

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May Garden Talk: Composting

May 5 2025

Join Master Gardener Janet Rogers to learn how to create your own Homemade Compost.

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Regenerative Soil Techniques for the Home Gardener

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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workshop on how to nurture and boost your garden soil in Sonoma County

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Nurturing Your Garden Soil

Mar 29 2025

Join us for an informative workshop on selecting the right packaged soil products, mastering composting techniques, and setting up a worm bin for nutrient-rich soil.

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Evaluation of Heavy Metals in Agricultural Fields following the Moss Landing Battery Fire

March 26th, 2025

By Michael D Cahn, Richard F Smith

Summary: This limited study indicated that a slight deposition of metals (Copper and Manganese) may have occurred in one agricultural field, but the increases measured in the surface samples were likely insignificant relative to normal background levels for these soil types. Other sites showed no increase in…

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Backyard Compost and Vermicompost Workshop

March 18th, 2025

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Vermiculture Basics Presentation

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Compost & Soil Preparation

Good gardeners grow good soil. It's the soil that grows the garden.

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Other Soil Amendments

Credit: UC ANR A soil amendment is any material added to soil to improve its physical properties, such as water retention, permeability, drainage, aeration, and structure. They can also be used to modify soil pH. There are lots of different materials available you can use to improve your soil.

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