http://ucanr.org/blogs/LDTDG/ Master Gardeners get a hands on education at their demo gardens... en-us UC ANR http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/rss/ Fri, 09 May 2008 11:50:59 PST Fri, 09 May 2008 11:50:59 PST Sometimes a picture speaks louder than words! ...
]]> Fri, 09 May 2008 11:50:59 PST http://ucanr.org/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=397 khofmann http://ucanr.org/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=397 OK, so our garden in Livermore at the Martinelli Center is on the Bay Friendly Garden Tour on April 27th, and get this - we didn't have a formal compost pile. Oh our weeds never ended up in a landfill or in a green bin somewhere, they were simply piled off to the side of the garden without pomp and circumstance or any biostack to speak of. When people ask about composting, they are quite sure that it requires a bit of luck, a product you need to buy at your local home improvement store, and ... Tue, 25 Mar 2008 13:29:04 PST http://ucanr.org/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=317 khofmann http://ucanr.org/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=317 The Master Gardener Program is really into Bay Friendly Gardening this year! While we have always had a few Master Gardener homes of the tour and have provided docents at various sites, this year we are really getting our hands dirty in this environmentally friendly regional gardening tour. The tour itself takes place on Sunday, April 27, 2008 and will be held at various sites through out the Bay Area. Our Livermore Drought Tolerant Demonstration Garden is on the garden tour. The 7,000 squa... Tue, 11 Mar 2008 15:54:27 PST http://ucanr.org/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=305 khofmann http://ucanr.org/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=305 Thanks to some very industrious Master Gardeners we have an Outstanding Plant List for Alameda County. As they say, the proof is in the pudding, or in the demo garden. Check out these beauties at the demo garden in livermore. This were taken on December 14th....
]]> Wed, 19 Dec 2007 12:16:23 PST http://ucanr.org/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=228 khofmann http://ucanr.org/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=228 Volunteer or rogue weed? Just because you didn't plant it, doesn't mean it's a weed. Master gardeners decided that volunteer poppies and lupin deserved a chance in the dry creek garden. It may not be Spring but this lupin is already flashing us! ...
]]> Thu, 13 Dec 2007 15:33:27 PST http://ucanr.org/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=223 khofmann http://ucanr.org/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=223 It's November, and it's starting look a little dreary weather-wise, but some plants out the demo garden are still looking good. This lantana, called Radiation, is going like gang busters both in bloom and in sprawl. This salvia leucantha from our outstanding plant list really is outstanding! ... Thu, 08 Nov 2007 10:05:09 PST http://ucanr.org/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=187 khofmann http://ucanr.org/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=187 Sometimes I get a little bit frustrated with the acronym IPM. It’s a buzz word farm advisors, extension specialists and Master Gardens often use to inspire home gardeners to think about the big picture when tackling gardening and pest issues. My problem is with the name. First of all it's not catchy. It doesn't spell anything and even when you do spell it out -Integrated Pest Management. It's about as inspiring as an accounting textbook (my apologies to all those accountants out there). Bu...
]]> Wed, 31 Oct 2007 13:57:03 PST http://ucanr.org/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=137 khofmann http://ucanr.org/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=137 Gardeners are optimists at heart. They take a seed and plant it in some soil, or a wisp of plant material and coax it along in a pot of vermiculite and they wait patiently for the fruits of their labor. But in the demo garden, this optimism has proven fatal for several plants. A spell of mild summer weather or a bare spot that we can't ignore anymore, at we think that a plant will survive a transplanting in the middle of summer. We are, after all, Master Gardeners! But, only the most att... Fri, 03 Aug 2007 13:09:20 PST http://ucanr.org/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=121 khofmann http://ucanr.org/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=121