The following articles by Master Gardeners, who live and garden in El Dorado County, cover a variety of topics. We hope they'll help you increase your "gardening IQ." Scroll down the list to find information of interest to you.

Vegetables

• Basic Spuds - An American Staple
• Growing Spinach
• Home Vegetable Gardening
• Irrigation/Get Started on Your Veggies
• Is it Time for Tomatoes?
• Lots of Veggies in Little Space
• NO MATTER WHERE YOU GARDEN, TIMING CAN BE EVERYTHING
• Tomatoes
• Tomatoes (2006)
• Vegetables and Your Soil

Flowers, Trees and Shrubs

• Ailing Dogwoods
• Becoming a Backyard Orchardist
• Bulbs
• Choosing Good Nursery Trees
• Choosing Roses for Your Garden
• Chrysanthemums
• Clematis
• Cottage Garden Style
• Cottage Gardens
• February Bloomers
• Flowering Shrubs
• Frost Damage to Plants and Trees
• Garden Gems: Japanese Maples
• Got Problems with your Oaks or Cedars???
• Hydrangea Happiness
• Japanese Maples - Treasure Trees
• KEEP THOSE CLEMATIS UNDER CONTROL
• Lavender in the Garden
• Living with Oaks
• Maples: A Diversified Family
• Master Gardeners Have the Answers
• Mums
• Oak Trees - Foothill Treasures
• Oaks, Oaks and More Oaks
• Ornamental Grasses
• Ornamental Trees
• Peonies
• PERENNIALS COULD BE THE ANSWER YOU NEED
• Planning for Your New Fruit Orchard
• Plant Soon for Perennial Beauty
• Rootstocks for Fruit Trees
• Tree of Heaven - Not So Heavenly
• Trees Can Save You Energy 12 Months a Year

Propagation

• Create More Plants By Layering
• Grafting Magic
• Multiplying Beauty
• Propagating Bulbous Plants
• Propagation - Producing Your Own Plants
• Season Extenders - Cloches, Cold Frames and Hot Beds
• Seed Starting Indoors
• Seedy Starts - Part 1
• Seedy Starts - Part 2
• Starting Seeds Outside in February?

Pruning

• Fruit Tree Pruning
• Grapevine Pruning
• Pruning Flowering Ornamentals: Why, When and How
• Pruning Roses

Gardening Techniques

• Compost - Gardener's Gold
• Coping with Winter Part 1
• Coping with Winter Part 2
• DO YOU NEED A JACK HAMMER IN YOUR GARDEN?
• Fall and Winter Gardening
• FALL PLANTING AND HARVESTING
• Gardening for the Birds
• Growing the Organic Way
• Hooray for the Shade
• Hydrozoning
• Irrigation
• Landscaping Your Yard
• Learn to Manage Your Water
• Make Your Labor Count This Labor day Weekend
• Planting Bare Root Plants
• Plants Need Proper Climate Zoning
• Rebuild Your Garden Soil During the Winter
• Shade Gardening
• Water Gardens and Ponds
• Watering Foothill Gardens
• Winter Garden Chores

Pests and Diseases

• Dealing with Deer in the Garden
• Deer Resistant Gardening
• Don’t Let West Nile Virus Breed in Your Backyard
• Gardening Amongst the Deer
• Insects - When is a Bug Not a Pest?
• Pests and Diseases
• Q & A Is There a Feeding Frenzy at your House?
• Question and Answers for 4/1/05
• Rattlesnakes
• SLUGS AND SNAILS AND PEST NOTES - OH MY!
• Snails and Slugs - Nightly Visitors
• THOSE PESKY GARDEN PROBLEMS
• Yellow Starthistle – Timing is Everything

Miscellaneous Gardening Articles

• A Toast to Good Gardening
• Bees for Pollination
• Chicory
• Color in the Fall Garden
• Common $-Cents-$ Gardening
• Community Gardens - Growing Together
• Don't Kill Your Houseplants with Kindness
• Don't Let the Rain Fool You - Fire Safe Time is Now!
• Garden “Myth”-Information: Truth in Advertising and other Information Sources
• GARDENING IN CAMERON PARK’S UNIQUE RED SOIL
• Gardening Resolutions 101
• Herbal Essence
• How to Help Master Gardeners Help You
• January Resolutions
• Keep Those Holiday Plants Blooming
• KEEP YOUR GARDEN FLOURISHING IN LATE SUMMER AND BEYOND…
• Leaves of Three - Let Them Be
• Life as an Avid Gardener
• Nature's Timekeeping
• Plan Now for Garden Color
• Q & A: Arches and Curls
• Q&A Lawns and Walnuts
• Questions and Answers - Shade Plants
• Recipe for Good Design
• Responsible Lawn Care
• Soil Connections
• Top Five Things I Learned in Master Gardener Training
• Using Water Features in the Garden
• Worms Can Turn Your Garbage into Gold