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Summer culinary delights like salsa, ratatouille, and gazpacho start with planting warm-season veggies!

 
 
 
 
Do you relish roses? Savor succulents? Go ga-ga for gardenias? All these plants and many more will benefit from your attention in June.
 
With all the recent rain, our flowers, trees and lawns are flourishing, but so are the weeds! The UC Integrated Pest Management (IPM) site offers several tips on weed control, from hand cultivation to mulching to selective herbicides.     
 
  
Check out the Integrated Pest Management page for more info:

"San Diego Magazine" recently featured one of our own Master Gardeners. Learn how her home garden not only produces bountiful harvests, but helps her reduce stress and stay fit.

   
Question: 
I hear that worm "poop" will add nutrients to my soil. Can I buy it or better yet, make it? 
 
Answer:
Yes! While you can buy bags of worm "castings", it's more fun to create your own with a worm compost bin. 

We love helping fellow gardeners grow their own food. This video from the County of San Diego highlights how Master Gardeners help nurture green thumbs by working with San Diegans in community gardens all around the county.  



Watch the video  here:
 

Ready for an "Ozsome" Visit to the
San Diego County Fair?
Follow the yellow brick road to our 'Ask a Master Gardener' booth at this year's Fair, where experts will answer all your gardening questions.
 
 

Learn more here:


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Master Gardener Association of San Diego County supports the University of California Cooperative Extension Master Gardener Program of San Diego County.