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Emerald Ash Borer Awareness Week 2024

May 20, 2024
By Belinda Messenger-Sikes
The emerald ash borer (EAB) may be beautiful, but it is the most destructive forest pest ever seen in North America. Hundreds of millions of ash trees across 36 states and 5 Canadian provinces have been killed by this invasive insect.
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The yellow-faced bumble bee, Bombus vosnesenskii, emerging from a foxglove in Vacaville, Calif. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

Celebrating Bumble Bees on World Bee Day

May 20, 2024
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
It's World Bee Day and there's no better time than to showcase bumble bees, Bombus. The United Nations designated May 20 as World Bee Day to raise awareness of the importance of pollinators, the threats they face and their contribution to sustainable development, according to its website.
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HOrT COCO-UC Master Gardener Program of Contra Costa: Article

What To Do About White Grubs in Your Vegetable Beds

May 20, 2024
By Help Desk Team
It's Spring, and many gardeners are turning with anticipation to their vegetable gardening beds and thinking about summertime harvesting and feasting. If you're one of them, you may find an unexpected surprise of white grubs just below the surface when you start to prepare your soil for planting.
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The Backyard Gardener: Article

Garden Rotation Rules of Thumb

May 18, 2024
By Dustin W Blakey
Vegetable gardening is both an art and a science, and an important technique for success is crop rotation. By rotating crops, you can improve soil health, reduce pests, and increase yields. Continuous planting of the same kind of plant in the same place every year is a recipe for creating problems.
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We can complain that roses have thorns or rejoice that thorn bushes have roses. ~ Abraham Lincoln (Photo:Amy Tobin)
Fresno Gardening Green: Article

This week in the garden: May 17 - 23

May 18, 2024
Tasks Avoid cutting lawns too severely because the resulting stress causes yellowing. Water citrus being careful not to over water. Continuously wet soil in the upper few inches risks root rot. Hand pick hoplia beetles from white and yellow rose blossoms. Pruning Remove spent blooms.
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San Joaquin 4-H News: Article

State Field Day Update

May 17, 2024
By Angela Tipsey
Message from the State 4-H Office: State Field Day 2024 is moving from our usual home to the School of Veterinary Medicine. There are student protest demonstrations taking place on the Quad next to Wellman Hall (our usual home), and counterprotests have begun.
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ANR Employee News: Article

Green Hall of Famer Oki retires after 29-year UC career

May 17, 2024
By Saoimanu Sope
When interviewed to become a University of California Cooperative Extension specialist in environmental horticulture, Lorence Loren Oki was asked what kind of research he wanted to conduct. In response, he showed the hiring committee a photo of a residential gutter.
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