"Ask a Master Gardener" Mercury News Column
Master Gardener Rebecca Jepsen writes the "Ask a Master Gardener" advice column monthly originally published in the San Jose Mercury News. Many Master Gardeners contribute information for this column which appears in the paper the first Saturday of each month. Below are the links to each column and the to do lists.
- August 2010 (Coming Soon) and To Do List -
- July 2010 Column and To Do List - What's eating your tomatoes besides you?
- June 2010 Column and To Do List - Grow your own backyard tea party.
- May 2010 Column and To Do List - Even organic products can be harmful to bees
- April 2010 Column and To Do List - Which peppers grow best in South Bay, on the Peninsula
- March 2010 Column and To Do List - Advice is just a phone call away
- February 2010 Column and To Do List - Rethink your rain-soaked shrubs and perennials
- January 2010 Column and To Do List - Winter pruning delivers bushels of 'fruits of your labor'
- December 2009 Column and To Do List - A primer on composting
- November 2009 Column and To Do List - How to replace that not-so-green lawn
- October 2009 Column and To Do List - Cool-season gardening for small gardens
- September 2009 Column and To Do List - Nurturing the beneficial bugs in your garden
- August 2009 Column and To Do List - Don't plant invasive species
- July 2009 Column and To Do List - Plants to avoid
- June 2009 Column and Tipsheet - Starting a vegetable garden and fire-safe landscaping
- May 2009 Column and To Do List - Surprisingly stunning succulents
- April 2009 Column and To Do List - Planting tomatoes and peppers
- March 2009 Column and To Do List - Bees
- February 2009 Column and To Do List - Dormant pruning and citrus
- January 2009 Column and To Do List - Roses, fruit trees, planting, pruning
- December 2008 Column and To Do List - Bare root plants: vegetables, roses, fruit trees
- November 2008 Follow-Up Column - Questions about lawn alternatives
- November 2008 Column and To Do List - Lawn alternatives
- October 2008 Column and To Do List are not available
- September 2008 Column and To Do List - Composting and cool season vegetables
- August 2008 Column and To Do List - Seed starting and deep watering
- July 2008 Column and To Do List - Native habitat gardening
- June 2008 Column and To Do List - Harvest, avocado, worms in lawn
- May 2008 Column and To Do List - Irrigation tune up
- April 2008 Column and To Do List - Arbor Day and citrus troubleshooting
- March 2008 Column and To Do List - Spring cleanup and plant division
- February 2008 Column and To Do List - Seed starting, citrus and bermuda grass control
- January 2008 Column and To Do List - Introduction to MG program and bare root rose