Food Gardens

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Spring is Here! Let's Grow Veggies!

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Apr 26 2025

Let's grow veggies!Spring is here and it's time to find out how to prepare your garden beds for high productivity, learn what to plant when, know what to plant from seed versus starts, and discover tips to keep your plants thriving through the summer months. Our class will be taught by a group of…
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Spring food garden Sonoma County
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April in the Garden at Bounty Farm

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Apr 12 2025

 The UC Master Gardeners of Sonoma County are hosting “April in the Garden,” a day of live demonstrations showcasing ideas for what to do in your home garden this month.In addition to hosting an information table where experienced Master Gardeners will answer gardeners’ questions,  Master Gardener…
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Planting & Caring for Your Vegetable Garden - DEMO

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Apr 19 2025

Ready to start your FIRST vegetable garden? Or IMPROVE upon your previous efforts?  Join us for our . . .  NEW Vegetable Gardening Class Series giving less experienced vegetable growers the informationthey need to succeed. Class 2 - Planting & Caring for Your Vegetable…
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Planting & Caring for Your Vegetable Garden - ONLINE

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Apr 17 2025

Ready to start your FIRST vegetable garden? Or IMPROVE upon your previous efforts?  Join us for our . . .  NEW Vegetable Gardening Class Series giving less experienced vegetable growers the informationthey need to succeed. Class 2 - Planting & Caring for Your Vegetable…
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Central Sierra: Growing Fall & Winter Vegetables (EDC MG)

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Aug 23 2025

Would you like to continue to harvest luscious, home-grown vegetables even after the heat of summer subsides? If so, now is the time to plant for a fall and winter harvest. Learn how to grow a successful winter vegetable garden from UC Master Gardener Zack Dowell.
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April 2025: The Joys of Selecting and Planting Seeds

March 24th, 2025
 It’s hard to find a gardener who doesn’t love checking out new seed varieties and anticipating the abundant and tasty harvest they promise. The photos and descriptions are tantalizing and the names intriguing. Who wouldn’t be curious about a pumpkin variety called ‘Abominable’, a pepper named ‘Frodo’,…
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collard plant photo by Shariq Kashmiri
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Collard

Collards, Brassica oleracea var. viridis, are a cool season vegetable grown for their leaves. They do not form a head like cabbage.
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corn growing at College of Marin Indian Valley Organic Farm and Garden
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Corn

Corn, Zea mays, is in the Poaceae family (Grass) and is technically a grain, considered a fruit, but also commonly categorized as a vegetable. It descended from a Mexican grass called teosinte. Corn is a warm season, fast growing, annual crop. It needs warmth, space, well-drained, rich soil, and generous…
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