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Join Us at the 10th Annual Urban Landscape and Garden Education Expo Activities for the Whole Family! Explore the sustainable gardening practices at work in the University of California Cooperative Extension (UCCE) Demonstration Landscapes - including rainwater harvesting, low-water plantings, more...

The 2018-2019 4-H year has officially begun! Orange County 4-H provides local youth with informal educational opportunities in the context of positive youth development, with the goal of growing the learners and leaders of tomorrow. What does 4-H do? 4-Hers are learners.

Are you among the growing group that have taken up beekeeping?

Kimchi? Kombucha? Make my own yogurt? YES, you can! Join the UCCE Master Food Preservers of Orange County on Saturday, September 15th from 10 am to Noon for a free demonstration on how to make them. Click here to register online. For more information go to http://ucanr.edu/sites/MFPOC.

Join the UCCE Master Food Preservers of Orange County on August 23, 2018 and learn how to make Bloody Mary Mix or Tomatillo Salsa using the harvest from your garden or produce from your local farmers market.

It's National Avocado Day - a fruit truly worth celebrating. Yes, it is often synonymous with guacamole, the Super Bowl of dips, but it is so much more. Read on for some interesting information from Nationaldaycalendar.com... NATIONAL AVOCADO DAY - nationaldaycalendar.

Linda Haque, a UC Master Gardener from Ventura County, wrote me to suggest our readers try the 'highly informative, easy to navigate site from Beth Grafton-Cardwell, Ph.D, one of the main UC entomologists in the public educational outreach efforts' campaign. Dr.

Help save California citrus by identifying and reporting the four leading citrus diseases: citrus greening, citrus black spot, citrus canker, and sweet orange scab using the free app from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).

Summerit's a time for swimming, BBQs, camping, and eating invasive species Last week during California Invasive Species Action Week (June 2 June 10), we highlighted several pests, but there are many more invasive species out there.