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ANR Employee News: Article

Find out what’s new with the IWP project

July 29, 2024
By Pamela S Kan-Rice
The Integrated Web Platform, or IWP, project will transform UC ANR's digital experience for internal website editors and the people who visit our websites.
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Blog de Alimentos: Article

UCCE ayuda a mejorar la seguridad alimentaria y a reducir el desperdicio de comida entre familias del condado de San Bernardino

July 29, 2024
By Diana Cervantes
Entre agosto del 2023 y marzo del 2024, residentes de recursos limitados de diversos orgenes tnicos del condado de San Bernardino participaron en clases interactivas en las que expertos de Extensin Cooperativa de la Universidad de California les ensearon sobre seguridad alimentaria, a reducir el des...
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Topics in Subtropics: Article

Irrigation Resources

July 29, 2024
By Ben A Faber
In a recent meeting the topic of where to go for irrigation information came up. Well there's no substitute for attending a class in irrigation, such as offered at Cal Poly SLO (http://www.itrc.org/classes/iseclass.htm , but here's some written sources to get you started thinking. http://ciwr.ucanr.
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HOrT COCO-UC Master Gardener Program of Contra Costa: Article

Beat the Heat with Shade Cloth

July 29, 2024
By Help Desk Team
It's summertime! Our gardens are in full swing, tomatoes are beginning to ripen, berries are mostly done, and everything is lush and green. But beware, your plants can sunburn just like you.
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ANR Employee News: Article

Celebration Corner

July 28, 2024
By Pamela S Kan-Rice
Postfire grazing fact sheet wins award A group of UCCE natural resources experts received the National Association of County Agricultural Agents' National Finalist Award for the fact sheet Rapid User Guide: Postfire Grazing on California's Intermountain Rangelands.
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ANR Employee News: Article

Names in the News

July 28, 2024
By Pamela S Kan-Rice
Holmes named 4-H Youth Development Program director Kimberly Sinclair Holmes joined UC ANR on July 15 as the new director of the 4-H Youth Development Program.
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Napa Master Gardener Column: Article

Sage advice regarding Salvias

July 28, 2024
Here is this week's plant quiz: What plant genus has square branches, comes in an enormous variety of sizes and flower types and is drought tolerant once established? The answer is Salvia, a large group whose members we commonly refer to as sages.
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A female praying mantis, Stagmomantis limbata, moves up a narrow-leafed milkweed in a search for prey. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

Let Us Prey

July 26, 2024
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
So here's this female praying mantis, Stagmomantis limbata, camouflaged on a narrow-leaf milkweed, Asclepias fasciculari, in a Vacaville garden. If she thinks she's going to ambush a monarch, she has another think coming. No monarchs in the garden. If she thinks she's going to ambush a bee, no way.
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