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The Master Gardeners are a primary resource for the dissemination of gardening information from the University of California to the Santa Clara County community. Their vision is to extend research-based knowledge and information on home horticulture, pest management, and sustainable landscape practices
The National Center for Home Food Preservation provides current research-based recommendations for most methods of home food preservation. The Center was established using funding from the Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture
Premdeditated leftover Provides easily and simple tips for improve your gardening practices. Pest control, composting and how growing diversitiy types of crops you will find on this website.
SARE Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) offers farmer-driven, grassroots grants and education programs. Since 1988, SARE grantees have been putting the principles of sustainable agriculture into practice on farms and ranches in every state and island protectorate.
Food as Medicine
A workshop with Dr. Maldonado on understanding how we can optimize the absorption of nutritions from the vegetables we cultivate in our garden? (bilingual)
Home Composting & Vermicompost
A workshop to learn what waste from our home can be decomposed and transformed into fertilizer for the garden.
Integrated Pest Management
A workshop on the Integrated Pest Management (IPM) in the garden. We talk about turning concepts into actions. IPM Workshop by Alejandro Del-Pozo, IPM & Entomology Advisor with UC Extension IPM Program.
Watering and Trellis Workshop
The goal of the workshop is to learn the movement of the water and to know how to manage the irrigation system in the different seasons of the year. We explain why supports and trellis are important in the garden and show how to build and install them.
Watering Tips for Your Vegetable Garden
Water is a truly precious resource. Getting smart with the way we water saves time and money while boosting plant health. Watering at the right time, in the right place, using the right methods can make a big difference to how much water your garden needs.
Planting Vegetable Transplants
This video goes over step by step how to plant vegetable transplants in your garden.
How to clean your garden beds
Join us as we watch Megan Swift, one of our Garden Mentors, explain how to clean your garden beds at the end of the growing season.
How to Amend your Garden
Megan Swift, one of the Garden Mentors, shows us how to amend your garden beds to get them ready for the new planting season.
Garden Bed ConstructIon
Constructing a raised garden bed with LMV Build Committee.
Materials:
- 4 Long boards (2 inch x 6 inch x 8 ft)
- 4 Short boards (2 inch x 6 inch x 4 inch)
- 4 Posts ( 4 inch x 4 inch x 1ft)
- 48 Star Drive coated screws (3 inch)
- 1 Impact drill - 1 Tape measure