2020 References and Resources

 

January 2020 - Wildlife Corridors: Connecting the Dots

Article: Linda Wold

Photograph: Kathy Rose

 

 

 

UC Davis Arboretum All-Star California Natives. UC Master Gardeners of Placer County. n.d. https://ucanr.edu/sites/ucmgplacer/files/306354.pdf

Castañeda, Amanda E. and Melanie Allen Truan. UC Davis Arboretum Wildlife Management and Enhancement Plan. Museum of Wildlife and Fish Biology, University of California, Davis. January 13, 2006. https://arboretum.ucdavis.edu/sites/g/files/dgvnsk1546/files/inline-files/AWMEPFinalPlanallunits.pdf

Crain, Rhiannon. An Introduction to Habitat Connectivity. Habitat Network. August 13, 2015. http://content.yardmap.org/learn/habitat-connection/

 

                                                                                                             

 

February 2020 - Clean Water the IPM Way

Article: Laurie McGonagill

Photograph: Pauline Sakai

 

 

 

Pests in Gardens and Landscapes: Quick Tips: Keep Our Water Clean. UC IPM Statewide Integrated Pest Management Program. October 2017. http://ipm.ucanr.edu/QT/waterqualitycard.html

Pests in Gardens and Landscapes: Quick Tips: Garden Chemicals Safe Use and Disposal. UC IPM Statewide Integrated Pest Management Program. September 2018. http://ipm.ucanr.edu/QT/gardenchemicalscard.html.

Pesticides and Water Quality: How Do Pesticides Get into Our Creeks and Rivers? UC IPM Statewide Integrated Pest Management Program. n.d. http://ipm.ucanr.edu/WATER/U/stormdrain.html

 

                                                                                                             

 

March 2020 - Small Changes Add Up to Big Results

Article: Sue Williams

Photograph: Annette Wyrick

 

 

 

Hartin, Janet, Pamela Geisel and Carolyn Unruh. Lawn Watering Guide for California. UCANR Publication 8044. October 2001. https://anrcatalog.ucanr.edu/pdf/8044.pdf

Questions & Answers About Drought & Water Conservation. UCANR Center for Landscape & Urban Horticulture. n.d. https://ucanr.edu/sites/UrbanHort/Water_Use_of_Turfgrass_and_Landscape_Plant_Materials/

Ingels, Chuck and Pam Geisel. Gardening Basics: How Do I Practice Sustainable Gardening? University of California The California Garden Web. 2009. https://ucanr.edu/sites/gardenweb/files/29055.pdf

 

                                                                                                             

 

April 2020 - Propagating Plants and Friends

Article: Sue Williams

Photograph: Pauline Sakai

 

 

 

Kumar, Mohan G.N. Propagating Shrubs, Vines and Trees from Stem Cuttings. Pacific Northwest Extension 152. September 2016. http://cru.cahe.wsu.edu/CEPublications/PNW152/PNW152.pdf

Propagating Plants by Cuttings. Missouri Botanical Garden. nd. http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/gardens-gardening/your-garden/help-for-the-home-gardener/advice-tips-resources/visual-guides/propagating-plants-by-cuttings.aspx

Relf, Diane and Elizabeth Ball. Propagation by Cuttings, Layering and Division. Virginia Cooperative Extension Publication 426-002. https://www.pubs.ext.vt.edu/426/426-002/426-002.html

 

                                                                                                             

 

May 2020 - Edibles from Your Garden

Article: Jan Birdsall

Photograph: Pauline Sakai

 

 

 

Geisel, Pamela, and Carolyn L. Unruh. Vegetable Garden Basics. UCANR Publication 8059. April 2002. https://anrcatalog.ucanr.edu/pdf/8059.pdf

Nichols, Jeannie. Eight tips for donating fresh produce to food pantries. Michigan State University, MSU Extension. February 24, 2017. https://www.canr.msu.edu/news/eight_tips_for_donating_fresh_produce_to_food_pantries

Stanley, Robin. Plant a Row for the Hungry. UCCE Master Gardeners of El Dorado County. n.d. http://mgeldorado.ucanr.edu/Plant_a_Row_for_the_Hungry_-_El_Dorado_County/

 

                                                                                                             

 

June 2020 - The Underground Community Below Our Feet

Article: Frances Brandon

Photograph: Pauline Sakai

 

 

 

Ingham, Elaine R. Soil Food Web. United States Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service: Soils. n.d. https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/detailfull/soils/health/biology/?cid=nrcs142p2_053868

Ludwick, Sarah. Conversation with Dr. Kate Scow: I just totally lost my heart to soil. The Aggie Transcript. March 7, 2018. https://aggietranscript.ucdavis.edu/a-conversation-with-dr-kate-scow-i-just-totally-lost-my-heart-to-soil/

Marini, Kevin. Soils 101. University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources. n.d. https://ucanr.edu/sites/glennmg/files/278231.pdf

Scherer, Veda. Microbes in Your Soil. University of California Agricultural and Natural Resources, UCCE Master Gardeners of Calaveras County. n.d. https://ucanr.edu/sites/CalaverasCountyMasterGardeners/files/203582.pdf

 

                                                                                                             

 

July 2020 - Protecting Your Home and Neighborhood from Wildfire

Article: Paula Agostini-Lopez

Photograph: Kathy Rose

 

 

 

Placer County Fire Safe Alliance, 2018. https://www.placerfirealliance.org

Maintain Defensible Space. Wildfire is Coming…Are You Ready? Cal Fire. 2017. http://www.readyforwildfire.org/Defensible-Space/

Nader, Glen, Gary Nakamura, Mike De Lasaux, et al. Home Landscaping for Fire. UCANR Publication 8228. 2007. https://anrcatalog.ucanr.edu/pdf/8228.pdf

McGhie, Brent. Firewise - Landscape Maintenance. The Real Dirt Blog. UCANR. January 25, 2019. https://ucanr.edu/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=29113

 

                                                                                                             

 

August 2020 - Shapely Shrubs or Shear Madness?

Article: Elaine Applebaum

Photograph: Pauline Sakai

 

 

Pruning Small Trees and Shrubs. University of California Cooperative Extension Agricultural and Natural Resources Ventura County. n.d. http://ceventura.ucanr.edu/Environmental_Horticulture/Landscape/Pruning/

Chalker-Scott, Linda. The Myth of Top-Pruning Transplanted Material. Washington State University Puyallup Research and Extension Center. https://s3.wp.wsu.edu/uploads/sites/403/2015/03/transplant-pruning.pdf

Lacan, Igor. Pruning and Tree Physiology: The Bad and The Ugly. UC IPM Green Bulletin. December 2013. https://ucanr.edu/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=14551

 

                                                                                                             

 

September 2020 - Bring Native Plants into Your Garden

Article: Carol Feldman

Photograph: Pauline Sakai

 

 

What Are Native Plants? California Native Plant Society. n.d. https://www.cnps.org/gardening/why-natives/what-are-native-plants

Sánchez-Bayoa, Francisco and Kris A.G.Wyckhuys. Worldwide decline of the entomofauna: A review of its drivers. Biological Conservation, Volume 232. 2019. As referenced at https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2019/02/12/insect-species-dying-off-research

Calscape, Restore Nature One Garden at a Time, California Native Plant Society. A searchable database of native plants by location. https://www.calscape.org/

UC Davis Arboretum All-Star California Natives. UC Master Gardeners of Placer County. n.d. https://ucanr.edu/sites/ucmgplacer/files/306354.pdf

 

                                                                                                             

 

October 2020 - The Green Dilemma: Trees vs Solar Energy

Article: Julie Saare-Edmonds

Photograph: Pauline Sakai

 

 

 

The Shady Eighty: Trees for a Cooler Sacramento Region. Sacramento Tree Foundation. June 2015. https://www.sactree.com/assets/ShadyEightySTFweb.pdf

SelecTree: Search Trees by Characteristics. Urban Forest Ecosystems Institute. n.d. https://selectree.calpoly.edu/search-trees-by-characteristics

About Trees. Roseville Urban Forest Foundation. n.d. https://rosevilletree.org/about-trees/

Nowak, David J. and Eric Greenfield. Trees Improve Human Health and Well-Being in Many Ways. US Forest Service Northern Research Station. April 2015. https://www.fs.fed.us/nrs/news/review/review-vol26.pdf

Go Solar California. California Energy Commission & California Public Utilities Commission. n.d. https://www.gosolarcalifornia.org

California Senate Bill 1399. July 22, 2008. http://leginfo.ca.gov/pub/07-08/bill/sen/sb_1351-1400/sb_1399_bill_20080722_chaptered.html

Yuen, Nancy. Study Highlights Benefits of Trees on Health and the Economy. Loma Linda University Health. September 14, 2017. https://news.llu.edu/research/study-highlights-benefits-of-trees-health-and-economy

https://www.citylab.com/environment/2012/07/case-more-urban-trees/2768/ city lab

 

                                                                                                             

 

November 2020 - The World Below Our Feet: Mycorrhizae

Article: Joan Goff

Photograph: Pauline Sakai

 

 

Chalker-Scott, Linda. A Gardener’s Primer to Mycorrhizae. Washington State University Extension. July 2017. http://cru.cahe.wsu.edu/CEPublications/FS269E/FS269E.pdf (good indepth article for the gardener)

Chalker-Scott, Linda. Mycorrhizae: So, What the Heck Are They, Anyway? Master Gardener Online. 2009. https://s3.wp.wsu.edu/uploads/sites/403/2015/03/mycorrhizae.pdf (good indepth article for the gardener)

Didur, Janet. The Effect of Mycorrhizal Fungi Inoculum on Vegetables. 2011. Master Gardeners of San Mateo & San Francisco. http://smsf-mastergardeners.ucanr.edu/Elkus/The_Effects_of_Mycorrhizal_Fungi_Inoculum_on_Vegetables/ (good visuals as to the difference in plants grown with mycorrhizal fungi)

Mahr, Susan. Mycorrhizae. Master Gardener Program, University of Wisconsin, Madison. September 9, 2005. https://wimastergardener.org/article/mycorrhizae/ (good basic article)

O’Callaghan, Angela M. Mycorrhizae. University of Nevada, Reno, Cooperative Extension Fact Sheet 01-29. n.d. http://www2.nau.edu/~gaud/bio300/mycorrhizae.htm

Pace, Matthew. Hidden Partners, Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plants. New York Botanical Garden. 2003. https://sciweb.nybg.org/science2/hcol/mycorrhizae.asp.html (best descriptive article)

 

                                                                                                             

December 2020 - Wabi-Sabi: Beauty in Imperfection

Article: Cooki Vonasek

Photograph: Lynn Hanson

 

Chiappa, J. Noel. Wabi, Sabi and Shibui. February 3, 2018. http://mercury.lcs.mit.edu/~jnc/nontech/wabisabi.html

Japanese Aesthetics. Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. December 4, 2018. https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/japanese-aesthetics/

Perry, Leonard. Gardening Trends for 2018. The Green Mountain Gardener, University of Vermont Department of Plant and Soil Science. n.d. https://pss.uvm.edu/ppp/articles/trends18.html

Westmann, Jim. Wabi-Sabi, the ‘Beauty of Imperfection’. Sandhills Community College. February 6, 2019. http://www.sandhills.edu/wabi-sabi-the-beauty-of-imperfection/

 

                                                                                                             

 

January 2021 - Citrus for the Senses

Article: Ann Beinhorn

Photograph: Unknown

 

 

Fake, Cindy. Growing Citrus in the Sierra Nevada Foothills. UCANR Publication 31-018C. March 2010. https://ucanr.edu/sites/placernevadasmallfarms/files/63813.pdf

Fake, Cindy. Avoiding Cold Damage to Citrus. UCANR Publication 31-015C. December 2009. https://ucanr.edu/sites/placernevadasmallfarms/files/135464.pdf

Geisel, Pamela M. and Carolyn N. Unruh. Frost Protection for Citrus and Other Subtropicals. UCANR Publication 8100. April 2003. http://homeorchard.ucdavis.edu/8100.pdf

Books

Brenzel, Kathleen Norris, Editor. Sunset Western Garden Book. Sunset Publishing Corporation. 2007.

Pittenger, Dennis R., Editor. California Master Gardener Handbook. UCANR Publication 9057. 2015.