UC Weed Science (weed control, management, ecology, and minutia)

Reposting of an announcement for a Field School sponsored by the Western Society of Weed Science. This is not a UC Field School but may be of broad interest to western landmanagers fighting invasive weeds. The informational flyer can be found here: http://sfc.smallfarmcentral.

I kill weeds, I must admit. I was talking to my daughter about writing a weed blog for UC Cooperative Extension and asked her what I should say I do (kindergarteners have the best ideas). She replied, bluntly, you kill weeds, daddy.

This week we are finalizing plans for the 55th Annual UC Davis Weed Day on July 14th. It's not too late to register if you are interested in a sampling of the current weed science research at UCD! More info and registration information on Weed Day can be found here: http://wric.ucdavis.

After an extended cool and wet spring, we are finally getting summer-like weather in most of the Central Valley. If your garden and home landscape are like mine, now is the time of the year where the winter weeds are winding down and the summer weeds are coming in to take their places.

Since the early 1980s, the California Department of Boating and Waterways (BWW) has been increasingly successful in managing two invasive aquatic weeds in the Sacrament-San Joaquin Delta: water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes) and Brazilian waterweed (Egeria densa).