Quarterly Newsletter - The Backyard Gardener

So, You Wanna Be a Farmer?; Full Sun or Part Shade; Beasts Be Gone!; Cultivating Community in Local Gardens; To Market, To Market; Master Gardener Help Line; Hot Off the Press; Upcoming Workshops; Eastern Sierra Gardening Info; Garden Tips.

Pesky Pests; The Mystery of Mulch; Accident Corner; Keeping a Garden Journal; Winter Gardening Checklist for the Eastern Sierra; IMACA CSA; Growing Soil in Southern Inyo; News and Notes; We're on Facebook!

Project Pumpkin Patch: Thank Goodness for Lucky Horseshoes!; Accident Corner; Community Garden Update; Just Around the Corner - Fall Gardening Ideas; Summer Pests; What to Plant When - a New/Old Science; Why Aren't My Tomatoes Turning Red?

Project Pumpkin Patch - The Epiphany; Garden Space is Where You Find It; Eye Candy for Enthusiastic Gardeners; Spring & Fall Freeze Dates; Ants & Aphids; Digging for Green!; Want to Grow Berries?; Publications on Food Safety.

Time to Think About Pruning Roses; Get into Viticulture!; Gardening for Backyard Birds in Winter; Why Winter Watering?; Dormant Sprays Can Help Protect Trees; Is it Peach Leaf Curl?; Weather, Borers and Bark Beetles; Spotlight on Master Gardener Jan Rhoades.

First class of UCCE Master Gardeners of Inyo & Mono Counties graduate; Selecting plants for ponds & streams; Promoting worms in your gardens; & Visiting the China Ranch Date Farm.

Solarize to Control Garden Pests; High-Elevation Gardens: Hans Resort; Hot off the Press -- what's new on line?; Salt Tolerance of Vegetable Crops; & Catalogues to Consider when Planting Your Garden

Fall in Inyo & Mono Gardens; Squash Bugs; Local Farmers Markets; How to Store Fresh Produce; Fall in My Garden; Landscaping for Fire Safety, Erosion Control, Shade, and Drought Tolerance; Time to Plant Drought-Tolerant Native Plants!; More about Drought; Dividing Perennials.

Summer in Inyo & Mono Gardens; Summer Pests; Vermicomposting; Summer Herbs; A Chorus of Treefrogs; Tri-County Fair

March & April in Inyo & Mono Gardens; Spring Freeze Dates; Increasing Birds in Your High Desert Garden; Upcoming Gardening Workshops

High-Desert Gardening Workshop; Weed Management in Lawns

Bark Beetles; Dormant Spraying of Fruit Trees in the Garden; Master Gardener Program.

Mild Winter Temperatures and Foolhardy Bulbs; Hardening Plants Before Transplanting; Mulches; Growing Tree Fruit at Home in the Eastern Sierra; Winter & Spring Fruit Tree Maintenance; UCCE website