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Kids Summer Gardening Projects

August 9, 2022
To get there, the site is http://mgorange.ucanr.edu/ (simply searching for UCCE Master Gardeners will lead you to a list of all sites related to the University of California Master Gardeners. Look for the one for Orange County). In the left column, find the image of a transmitter.
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Petaluma beekeeper Ettamarie Peterson holds some newly emerged bees at a Randy Oliver demonstration at the 2007 Western Apicultural Society tour of the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility at UC Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

Meet Ettamarie Peterson: Sonoma's Queen Bee and 4-H Beekeeping Queen

August 9, 2022
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
When 4-H beekeeping project leader Ettamarie Peterson of the Liberty 4-H Club, Petaluma, meets with her youth group at the beginning of the 4-H year, she tells them NOT to buy bees, equipment or bee suits. It's NOT because they're unnecessary. She supplies them.
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cuttings
Under the Solano Sun: Article

Epiphyllum Cactus

August 9, 2022
My parents were avid gardeners, and this was one of Mom and Dad's prized plants. They had an interesting garden arrangement: she gave all the directions, and he did all the work. Mom had a knack for plant selection and planning, and Dad had a green thumb. Their garden was gorgeous.
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Nutrition Policy Institute News: Article

NPI contributes recommendations to the 2022 White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health

August 8, 2022
By Danielle Lee, Christina E Hecht, Lorrene D Ritchie
For the second time since 1969, the White House is holding a conference on US nutrition. The White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health, planned for September 2022, aims to provide a comprehensive package of strategies to reduce hunger and improve nutrition and health in the US.
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This damselfly appears framed "in the red" (a red vehicle light). (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

Damselflies: Long, Slender and Delicate

August 8, 2022
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
If you like your insects long, slender and delicate, and resembling a flying neon needle, the damselfly is for you. Who can resist watching them and photographing them? The common blue damselfly or Northern Bluet (Enallagma cyathigerum) is as thin as a needle, a jeweled blue needle.
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Coordinator News: Article

Diversity Equity and Inclusion Opportunities

August 8, 2022
By Lauren L Snowden
Improving Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Cooperative Extension continues to be a goal for the UC Master Gardener Program. To truly achieve our mission we must peruse educational opportunities that help build skills in these areas.
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Kern County: Article

Kern UCCE/DWR Weekly Crop Water Use Report 08-08-2022

August 8, 2022
Please see below link to access "How To Use Weekly Crop Water Use (ET) Reports to Assist Farm Water Management" How to Use Weekly Crop Water Use Report Please see below link to access "Weekly ET Report 08-08-2022" ET Report 08-08-2022 Please see disclaimer link below: University of California Divisi...
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