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Instead of checking out books, you can borrow seeds from the Redding Library starting this month. It’s part of a new program that will also offer gardening classes.
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A community garden meant to be a safe haven for migrant families in Humboldt County was vandalized five times last year. Founder and immigrants rights group Centro Del Pueblo is trying to raise money for security.
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Spring has sprung! Energetic gardeners are busy right now, taking advantage of the growing season just begun. Master Gardeners in Jackson County and…
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Most of our region is not blessed with abundant rainfall. So maintaining a lawn or garden can take a lot of work and water. Which is why some people look…
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Emily Dickinson is revered for her poetry, yet still something of an enigma. No one is quite sure why she was so reclusive later in life, spending nearly…
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Think globally, act locally. But yeesh, what can one family do to slow climate change? A little bit at a time, and it counts. Sue Reed and Ginny Stibolt…
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Maybe you were visiting a big city and thought you'd go to a park. But when you got there, you discovered the "park" was really an open area covered by…
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It is dirty-knee season for many people in our region. Their knees get dirty from spending time on the ground tending to their gardens. Now that May has…
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Fall marks the end of the growing season, the time to reap what we sow.But hang on, there's some sowing to be done as well. Spring is not the only season…
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Just because the growing season is over is no reason to stop thinking about farms and gardens. Jackson County Master Gardeners Association members keep…
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It probably started a couple of weeks ago... neighbors giving you piles of zucchini, sharing the bounty of their summer gardens. We have good growing…
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An early spring around much of the region might have caught some gardeners unprepared. Flowers bloomed weeks earlier than usual, before the weather…
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Set aside for the moment any concerns about how much water will be available in the coming growing season. There WILL BE a growing season, that's for…