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Garden Highlights

Warm Season Vegetables
Crazy for Citrus: our new cookbook, available now! Or try our Chile Head Sampler
Can't wait to plant? Santa Clara County first and last frost dates are Nov. 15 and Mar. 15, and we recommend waiting until May 1 for your tomatoes

Tomatoes and Chile Peppers

Still interested in the tomato and chile pepper varieties we sold at this hyear's markets? You can still read all about them on our spring garden market pages.

Light Brown Apple Moth Alert

This new pest has been detected in Santa Clara County. To prevent spreading, don't remove plant materials from your home. Read more at the County of Santa Clara web site.

Mediterranean Fruit Fly

The California Department of Food and Agriculture found seven Mediterranean Fruit Flies (Medfly) in San Jose. Read more at the Santa Clara County web site, including quarantine info for neighborhoods near the Reid-Hillview airport.

More Resources

The California Master Gardener Handbook is an invaluable reference tool for all California gardeners. It's available for sale on-line or in our office.

Check out www.uctv.tv/gardening for information on a series of Master Gardener videos!

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Contact the Hotline

Read our tips on plant problem diagnosis first. In Santa Clara County, phone the Master Gardener Hotline for gardening tips between 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Monday to Friday, (408) 282-3105, or send us your question on-line. On Fridays from 1-4 p.m. weekly (except winter), call (650) 329-1356 at Gamble Gardens in Palo Alto.

Visit us in person! Did you know you can bring plants and plant problems in for diagnosis? Our walk-in office is at 1553 Berger Drive, Bldg. 1, in San Jose. [Directions | Yahoo! Map]

For Youth Educators

The Master Gardeners are restructuring our garden-based learning program for youth and regret we are not able to assist you at this time. We expect to have new UC materials available in September 2008. In the meantime the following may be helpful:

The Watershed Project provides "Kids in Gardens" classes to youth educators.
Susan Stansbury at Getting Going Growing provides support for school gardens. Phone 650-938-9300 (x11) or email.
The California Dept. of Education School Garden Starter Packet can be requested by email.
The California School Garden Network has resources for teachers.
The UC Davis, Childrens Garden Project offers workshops on campus.

Too much fruit?

Contact Village Harvest for community drop-off locations or harvesting help for distribution of your bounty to community organizations.

On the Radio

Old Time Farm and Garden Show airs on KKUP (91.5 FM) on the fourth Thursday of the month from 10 am to noon.

Master Gardeners of Santa Clara County

University of California Cooperative Extension

1553 Berger Drive, San Jose, CA 95112

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