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The Yolo Gardener
A quarterly publication for the home gardener produced by the Master Gardeners of Yolo County
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Issue Articles
Fall 2009 "Foiling the Fungus Fairy" - Linda Parsons
"Tea Time in the Garden" Patt Pavao
"The Lunatic Gardener's Guide to Water Gardens" - David Studer
"Training Trees with Espalier" - Laura Cameron
"More Reasons To Respect Plants: Poisons!" - Fred Denke
"The Past is Prologue at Wolfskill" - Willa Pettygrove
"From Parking Lot to Produce" - Peggy Smith
"Fall Planting Guide for Roses" - Albert Crepeau
"The Sleuths of Yolo County" - Martha Platt & Nyla Wiebe
"Fall Gardening Tips" - Linda Parsons
Summer 2009 *Snails and Slugs
*time for Cactus Juice
*Summer Pruning
*Central Park Gardens Update
*Creating a Bee Friendly Garden
*Westfield Village Elementary School Comunity Garden
*More Gardening for the Common Good
*Vining Your Way
Spring 2009 *Gardening for a Change
*And The Winner Is
*Seeds of Imagination
*To Raise or Not to Raise - That is the Question
*Best Band for Your Buck
*Oxalis: Flower, Snack, or Weed?
*Rototilling: Friend or Foe
*Spring Gardening Tips
*ASK URSULA
Winter 2008 What is eating my Privet?
*Farm Fun: Winter Gardening Activities
*Home Grown Grapes
*Experimenting with Winter Cover Crops
*How to select Landscape Lighting
*Reading About Soil: Part II
*Fall Gardening Tips
*Hedgerows
Fall 2008 * Choosing and Maintaining Healthy Roses: Tips for Fall
* Peter J. Shields Oak Grove
* Naturalized Gardening
* Central Park Garden
* Garden Soil: The Problem of Drainage
* Your Backyard CAn help Reduce Global Climate Change
* Fall Gardening Tips
* ASK URSULA
* Free Master Gardener Classes
Summer 2008 *Earthworms in the Garden, Redworms in the Leftovers
*Attracting the Good Guys - Beneficial Insects
*Dig Into Some Summer Reading - On Soil
*Micro Crop Raising: Grow More in Less Space
*Environmentally Sound Lawn Management
*Argentine Ants
*To Mulch or Not to Mulch
*Summer Gardening Tips
*Ask Ursula
Spring 2008 *Look It Up on the IPM Website
*Art in Gardening
*Aphids
*Westfield Village Elementary School Community Garden
*Plan a Garden - Then Plant It
*Spring Tomato Fever Hits Yolo County
*Spring Gardening Tips
*ASK URSULA
* HOW TO Spring Gardening Classes
Winter 2007 Christmas Cactus in Bloom
Ring Around Your Holidays
Have a Green Christmas!
Winter Gardening Tips
Pest Invasions
Winter in the Backyard Orchard
Ladybugs or Lady Beetles
ASK URSULA
Fall 2007 *Think Spring
*Reccommended Trees for Yolo County
*Can Palms be Grown Successfully in Northern California?
*Fall Gardening Tips
*Composting: Pile It Up and Let It Rot!
*Drying Herbs
*Gardening for the Common Good
*Ask Ursula
Summer 2007 Nutsedge: Can You Dig It?
What Makes a Mediterranean Garden
Summer Gardening Tips
Controlling Rats in the Garden and Home
How and Why I Became a Master Gardener
Homey Bees and Colony Collapse Disorder
The Backyard Orchard: Fertilizing & Pruning
Citrus
Ask Ursula