Tuolumne County Master Gardeners news, events and informative articles.

 

Issue	Articles
December 2009	Announcements, President's Message, Calendar, The "Fall" of Leaves: Why Leaves Change Color, Invasive Pests Web Site, Demonstration Garden:Open Garden Days, On the Road: Manatee Springs State Park, Meet Your Fellow MG, Living with Fire Workshop
November 2009	Announcements, President's Message: How Lucky We Are!, Calendar, Demonstration Garden, Library News: California Plant Families, Meet a Master Gardener, Wildlife Workshop
October 2009	Announcements, President's Message: "Lead Goats," Calendar, Library: "Grasses," Demonstration Garden: Open Garden Day 9/12/09, On the Road: Lake Fausee Point State Park, Tuolumne County Stream Team Training, Tree-of-Heaven Eradication and Revegetation Project
September 2009	Announcements, President's Message: Water, Calendar, Demonstration Garden, Library News: Ceanothus, "Great Sierra River Clean-Up," Coordinator: Funding, Hotline, Ordering Materials
August 2009	Announcements, President's Message: Water, Calendar, Library Update, MGs on the Road: the Florida Keys, Coordinator's Corner: Product Endorsement
July 2009	President's Message: Awards, Calendar, Demonstration Garden Update: Kids' Day, Library News: Donated Books, On the Road: Lyme Disease, "Flag Down" Your Garden Sitter
June 2009	President's Message, Calendar, UCCE Tuolumne County Master Gardener Demonstration Garden Update, Seed Dreams
May 2009	Announcements, President's Message: Painted Lady Butterflies, Calendar, Demonstration Garden Update, Coordinator's Corner: "Who Are We and How Do We Meet Local Needs?"
April 2009	Announcements, President's Message, April Meeting LEED Speaker, Demonstration Garden, Meet Your Fellow MGs: Cathy and Bob, 14th Annual Spring Garden Tour, Sierra Rock Garden Society Free Tour & Sale (and Spring Gala), "How-to" Demonstrations at OSH.
March 2009	Announcements, President's Message, Calendar, Demonstration Garden Update, Library News, Meet Your Fellow Master Gardeners, Seed Exchange, Sustainability Thought of the Month
February 2009	Announcements, President's Message, Calendar, Library News, Meet Your Fellow Master Gardeners, French Study Abroad Opportunity
January 2009	Announcements, President's Message, Calendar, Book Reviews: Care and Maintenance of Southern California Native Plant Gardens; The Well-Tended Perennial Garden, Planting and Pruning Techniques, Meet Carolyn and Betty
December 2008	President's Message, Calendar, Demonstration Garden Update, Library News, Sowing Wildflower Seeds, Meet Your Fellow MGs, Cool-Season Veggie Class, Pesticide Continuing Education, Sierra Pacific Field Trip, "Plants I've Killed"
November 2008	Announcements, President's Message: "Rain," Calendar, Demonstration Garden, Fellow Master Gardeners: Val & Becky, Book Review: "Great Garden Companions," VMS on-line, Garden Tour Options
October 2008	Announcements, President's Message, Demonstration Garden Update, Book Review: Plant Propagation, In the Garden: Getting to Know Our Fellow MGs, Blink Caution, Sunshine and E-News, Coordinator's Corner: Sustainability Ideas
September 2008	Announcements, President's Message, Calendar, Demonstration Garden, Spread a Little Sunshine, Book Reviews: The Bountiful Container and Sunset Western Garden Book, 2007 Edition, Fertilizer Recommendations, Pesticide On-Line Continuing Education, New Badges, Landscape Design Class, Walk against Hunger, Jams & Fancy Tomato Preservation Workshop
August 2008	President's Message, Calendar, Demonstration Garden, Book Review: Animal, Vegetable, Miracle
July 2008	New President Announces Fun Day, Calendar, Demo Garden Update, Library News, Annual Awards, Recertification Forms
June 2008	Announcements, President's Message, Calendar, Groveland Farmer's Market, Sierra Earth Fest, Plant-A-Row, Sunshine Gardener, Pond Workshop
May 2008	Announcements, President's Message, Demonstration Garden Update, Coordinator's Corner
April 2008	Announcements, President's Message, Calendar, Garden Tour Update, Demonstration Garden Update, Book Review: The Laws Field Guide to the Sierra Nevada, Plant Sales and Tours
March 2008	Announcements, President's Message, Calendar, Book Review: Native Treasures, Recipe of the Month: Manzanita Blossom Jelly, "Search for Excellence" Competition for Statewide MG Conference
February 2008	Announcements, President's Message, Calendar, Book Review: Plants and Landscapes for Summer-Dry Climates, Demonstration Garden Update, Core Issues
January 2008	Announcements, President's Message, Calendar, Dates of Interest, "I Am a Teacher," Organic Food: Beter for You?, "My Garden"
December 2007	Announcements, President's Message, Calendar, Book Review: Pruning & Training, Bug of the Month: Pests in Live Christmas Trees, Holiday Recipe: Pumpkin Pie Cake, Coordinator's Corner: Styrofoam Recycling, Field Trips & Classes
November 2007	Announcements, President's Message, Calendar, Book Review, Bug of the Month: Wasps & Hornets, Garden Facts, Native Pollinators, Demonstration Garden
October 2007	Announcements, President's Message, Calendar, Rock Garden Society Speaker, Bug of the Month: Praying Mantis, Training Class Schedule
September 2007	Announcements, President's Message, Calendar & Volunteer Opportunities, Demonstration Garden Update, Bug of the Month: Spider Mites, New Master Gardener Training Class
August 2007	Announcements, President's Message, Calendar, Book Review: Landscape Plants for Western Regions, Bug of the Month: Earwigs, Updates
July 2007	Announcements; President's Message; Bug of the Month: Kissing Bugs, "Don't Kiss Me;" Demonstration Garden; Garden Design Class
June 2007	Announcements, President's Message, Updates, Bug of the Month: Bark Beetles, Recipe of the Month: Sunshine Apricot Preserves
May 2007	President's Message, Calendar/Dates of Interest, Volunteer Opportunities, Deer in the Garden, bug of the Month: Light Brown Apple Moth, Annual Garden Tour, Recipe of the Month: Eggplant Lasagna
April 2007	Announcements, President's Message, Calendar & Dates of Interest, Bug of the Month: Honey Bees, Book Review: Weds of Califronia and Other Western States, Demo Garden Update, Duties of Officers
March 2007	Announcements, President's Message, Calendar, Dates of Interest, Volunteer Opportunities, Garden Tour, Bug of the Month: Termites, Book Review: The California Gardener's Book of Lists, Recipe of the Month: Lazy Winter Morning Leftover Rice
February 2007	Announcements, President's Message, Calendar & Dates of Interest, Bug of the Month: Snow Fleas, Library/Book Review: Pruning Simplified, Recipe of the Month: Winter Citrus Salad, Field Trip: Nevada County Demonstration Garden, Weed Control Workshop
January 2007	President's Message, Calendar, Dates of Interest, Soothing Sumac, Cranberry Cake Recipe
December 2006	President's Message, Annual Christmas Party, Calendar, "Kissletoe," Bug of the Month: Flies, Pickled Watermelon Rind, MG On-Line System Info & E-Mail Etiquette
November 2006	Announcements, President's Messsage, Calendar, Word of the Day, Farmer's Almanac, Cranberries from the Bog, Super-Sized Apple Butter
October 2006	Announcements, President's Message, Calendar, Master Gardener Book & Clothing, Demonstration Garden & Seminars, Coordinator's Corner: Fire Safe Collaborations, Pear Butter Recipe
September 2006	Announcements, Calendar and President's Message; Cassina Demonstration Garden Updates; General Information; Pest of the Month: Asian Citrus Psyllid
August 2006	Announcements, President's Message, Calendar, State-wide Conference, Field Trip, Continuing Education Seminars, Invasive Weed of the Month: Japanese Dodder, Farm Advisor Candidate Interviews
July 2006	Announcements, President's Message, Calendar, Tomato Recipes, Field Trips & Conferences
June 2006	Announcements, President's Message, Calendar, Garden Tour, Mother Lode Fair, Cassina Garden, Native Plant Walk and Garden Open House
May 2006	Announcements, calendar, president's message, garden tour, apparel order
April 2006	Calendar, President's Message, Project Reports, Sudden Oak Death, Garden Events
March 2006	Announcements,Calendar of Events,President's Message,Cassina Garden Update,Praying Mantis,Master Gardeners Conference
February 2006	President's Message, MG Training Schedule, Toot's Tasty Taters (Recipe), Garden Trivia, Plant of the Month: Dicliptera suberecta, Bug of the Month: Prionus Root Borer
January 2006	Announcemnets, President's Message, Rosa "New Dawn," Eranthis, January Gardening, Dicliptera suberacta, Upcoming Classes/Lectures
December 2005	President's Message, Announcements,Christmas Rose,Christmas Cactus,Cinnamon Fern, Apple Crumble, Hot Apple Cider, Roundup Alert, Bug of the month, Note from Editors
November 2005	Announcements, President's Message, Turkeyfoot, Cranberry, Fall Webworm, Cranberry Clove Orange Salad, Tarragon Orange Sauce, Extra CE Units, MG Bulb Discount Offer, Garden Tour, December Editor
October 2005	Announcements, Work Day: Cassina Demonstration Garden, Native Plant Sale, Pumpkins & Other Halloween Plants, Recipe for All Those Tomatoes: Fresh Tomato Soup, Bug of the Month: Tarantula Hawk, Coordinator's Report: Oaks
September 2005	Announcements, President's Message, What to Do in Your Garden in September, The Basics of ornamental Grass Gardening, Plant of the Month: Skunkbush, Future Activities
August 2005	Announcement, President's Message, Weed Watch: Chicory, Pest of the Month: Earwigs, Recertification
July 2005	Announcements President's Message July meeting change Deadlines What Can I Do in July? Cranesbill Geranium Dying Cedars
June 2005	Announcements, President's Message, Cassina Demonstration Garden, What to Do in the Garden in June, Bug of the Month: Honey Bee
May 2005	Announcements, President's Message, Cassina Work Days, Annual Garden Tour, Hours, May Gardening, Insect of the Month: Wool Moths, Workshop Report
April 2005	Announcements, President's Message, Reports, Bug of the Month: Coddling Moth, "A Better Fly Trap," and Garden Tips
March 2005	Announcements, President's Message, Cassina Garden, Subshrubs, Upcoming Garden Lectures
February 2005	Announcements, Reports, Book Review - IPM for Gardeners: A Guide to Integrated Pest Management, Calendar of Events
January 2005	Announcements, President's Message, Home & Garden Show Date Change, Tool Repair, Cassina Work Schedule, Sonora Bypass Native Plantings
December 2004	Announcements, President's Message, Christmas Potluck, Bug of the Month: Easy Whitefly Trap, Books for Young Gardeners
November 2004	Announcements President's Message Water Conservation Workshop Master Gardener Quiz Bug Report
October 2004	Announcements, President's Message, Bug of the Month: Tobacco Budworm, Quiz: "Are You an Obsessed Gardener?"
September 2004	Announcements, President's Message, What to Do in Your Garden in September
August 2004	Calendar, President's Message, Awards, Field Trip, Bug of the Month: Pink Glowworm
July 2004	Announcements, President's Message, Opportunities to Volunteer, Book Reviews
June 2004	President's Message, By-Laws Revisions, Election of Officers, Bug of the Month: Parasitic Wasp, Coordinator's Report, Calendar
May 2004	Announcements; President's Message;Reports, Garden Tour; Bugs, Pass Along Plants, Jackrabbits, Composting Class
April 2004	Announcements; President's Message; Ironstone Winery Field Trip; Reports; Insects: Assassin Bugs, Predaceous Ground Beetles, Western Predatory Mites, Relocating Ants; Backyard Wildlife Habitat, and much more
March 2004	Announcements, President's Message, Reports, Newspaper Column, Book Auction, Mentors, Rose Pruning Clinic, Garden Photo's, Bug of the Month: Earwig
February 2004	Announcements, President's Message, Field Trip Reschedule, Book Auction, Mentors, Rose Pruning Clinic, SF Flower & Garden Show, Newspaper Column, Insect Metamorphosis, Calendar
January 2004	Announcements, President's Message, Butternut Squash Recipes, Notes from the Insect Committee: Good Bugs
December 2003	Announcements, President's Message, Christmas Party Time Change, Reports, Invasive Plants, What's Bugging You: Rain Beetles, Book Reviews: Garlic, Calendar
November 2003	Announcements, President's Message, Reports, Plant and They Will Come: Hummingbirds, What's Bugging You: Monarch Butterflies, Exotic Pest Plants, Calendar
October 2003	Announcements, Committee & Project Reports, Old & New Business, President's Message, Pass-Along Plants, What's Bugging You: Tomato Hornworm, Gardening with Kids, Book Review: Seed to Seed, Earning Hours, Neighbors, Calendar of Events
September 2003	Announcements, Committee & Project Reports, President's Message, September Field Trip, Apparel Order, Hand Lens Order, What's Bugging You: White-Lined Sphinx, Book Review: Oak of California, Coffee Grounds, Calendar
August 2003	Announcements, President's Message,Bumble Bee Basics, Zucchini: Plant of the Month, Orioles: A Gardener's Friend, Pass-along Plants and Calendar of Events
July 2003	Announcements, President's News, July Field Trip Directions, "Under the Oaks", Pass-along-Plants, "Old Graveyards are Teeming with Life", Conserving Water, Reducing Pesticide Use and Calendar of Events
June 2003	Announcements,Garden Tour Report,Book Review - Abiotic Disorders of Landscape Plants,What's Bugging You? - Spiders and Calendar of Events
May 2003	Announcements, Annual Garden Tour News, What's Bugging You?, Book Review - "California Insects", Plant of the Month - Helleborus and Calendar of Events
April 2003	Announcements, Community Events, Plant of the Month - A Passion for Weeding, What's Bugging You - Wireworms
March 2003	Announcements, Reports, Plant of the Month - Ornamental Cherry, What's Bugging You? - Mealybug Destroyer, Book Review - The Garden Planner, Calendar of Events
February 2003	Liaison to the Union Democrat, Plant of the Month - Sudden Oak Death Update, Book Review - Japanese Maples, What's Buggin' You - Tardigrade/Water-bear
January 2003	Announcements, Upcoming Classes, Library News, Master Gardener Training Schedule,
December 2002	Announcements, Reports, Plant of the Month - The Good Corn, Book Review - Western Nevada County Gardening Guide, What's Bugging You? - Walking Sticks
November 2002	Fall Gardening Tasks, Pest Notes, Forest Farms Inflicts Corny Poems, What's Bugging You? - Grape Leafhopper
October 2002	Plant of the Month - Dill, What's Bugging You? - Leafminers, Worms "Really" Eat My Garbage
September 2002	Plant of the Month - Variety of Dogbanes Might Fool You, What's Bugging You? - Redgum Lerp Psyllid Parasites
August 2002	Plant of the Month-Tree of Heaven (Ailanthus altissima), Put Some Humm into Your Garden, Book Review-Dictionary of Horticulture