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Friday, May 1, 2020

Summer Watering Schedule from LVVWD

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Summer watering restrictions begin May 1   Summer is almost here and it's time to turn up the heat on saving water! ...
Tuesday, April 28, 2020

Energy of Sunlight When Growing Vegetables

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Friday, April 24, 2020

Put Farm Animals Intended for Processing to Good Use

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I am sure you are all aware of the closures of large packers due to COVID-19 outbreaks, and the ripple effects this is having throughout the...
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Time to Partner Up for Local Food Production Grant

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April 24, 2020 The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced $9.5 million awarded to 11 collaborative, multi-...
Wednesday, April 22, 2020

Red Baron Peach Flower Color

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Friday, April 17, 2020

Support Community Agriculture

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I follow a thread for small scale meat processors (NMPAN) where some of them received their SBA Loan for their employees when they applied...
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Wednesday, April 8, 2020

Bay Laurel with Scorched Leaves

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Q. I have two bay laurel trees planted in a narrow bed behind my swimming pool. They were planted there for about 7 years, and in the last...

Golden Lead Ball Flower Production

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Q. I bought the trees and soils you recommended. I am curious if my Golden Lead Ball tree will produce "balls" this first year? Ca...

Growing Desert Marigold in the Landscape

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Q. I want to grow some desert flowering plants like Desert Marigold in my landscape. In the past, when I attempted to transplant them fro...
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Small Fruit Trees are Best With Dwarfing Rootstocks

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Q. I watched your pruning videos on YouTube and learned a lot! Is it possible to reduce the size of a standard sized apple tree to a dwarf s...
Tuesday, April 7, 2020

Early Apricot Produce Fruit First

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Q. I have a 9-year old apricot tree that produced a bumper crop of delicious apricots each year.   However, this year there is an abundanc...
Monday, March 30, 2020

Time to Garden! Garden Plots Available at Provident Community Garden

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Since most people are staying at home during these times and many are feverishly gardening now, you might want a raised bed or two at the ...
Saturday, March 28, 2020

Can I Still Prune Privet in the Spring?

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Q. I have mature Texas Privets that I neglected to prune back during the winter. They are now sprouting out new growth. If I trim them back ...

Insect Control Depends on Damage Done

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Q. I grow a lot of different plants in nursery containers in my yard. This past spring I found   three white grubs in the soil in one 5-ga...

Control Vines Growing into Trees

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Q. Is there any risk to my Chinaberry tree from the ivy that has grown exponentially through the canopy of this tree during the past few y...

Local Soil Testing Service?

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Q. I have an 8-foot x 8-foot raised bed garden about 3 feet deep. I used a soil mix with a rich compost about three years ago. I added rock ...

Please Don't Plant Japanese Blueberries. They Don't Belong Here.

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Q. I have 13 Japanese blueberry that have been planted for quite a few years. They have grown tall but only one filled out from the bottom...

When Planting Beneath Trees Mimic Their Need for Water

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Q. I have two very old Olive trees and I would like to plant some greenery around the extensive roots at the base of the trees. Something ...

Do You Want Tomatoes or Not?

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Slicing tomato brought to the University Orchard several years ago. Might not get the same production year after year when planting unpr...

Local Foods Beats the Pandemic

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By John Hamm & Denise Wee, Wisconsin River Meats https://www.wisconsinrivermeats.com/ Saturday and Sunday, March 14 & 15, 2...