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UC Environmental Stewards Blog: Article

New Volunteer Portal Rollout!

February 14, 2022
By Eliot T Freutel
Dear California Naturalists and Climate Stewards: We are pleased to introduce you to the new Volunteer Portal! Over the last year, we've developed a new platform for our naturalists, stewards, and instructors to record, review, and generate reports on their volunteer service.
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photo by Joseph DiTomaso
Under the Solano Sun: Article

Happy Valentine's Day!

February 14, 2022
Happy Valentine's Day! What are you giving or hoping to receive for the day? Maybe, some perfume or cologne? Scents, smells and odors are vaporized, volatile molecules of a substance (another body or maybe our own, a flower, some decomposing matter) that we take into our own bodies when we inhale.
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Mask update; flexible work agreements; other safety protocols

February 14, 2022
By Pamela S Kan-Rice
Mask update don't throw those masks away just yet As reported in many media outlets, the CDPHs statewide mask order will expire on February 15, 2022. Some counties have also had local Public Health Orders that require all people to wear a mask indoors.
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Spill the Beans: Article

Three Shrubs – Abelia, Manzanita & Carpet Rose

February 14, 2022
by Laurie Budash This is the fourth article describing plants and their care featured in the UC Master Gardeners of Napa County's low-water, low-maintenance area of Las Flores Learning Garden.
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UC Master Gardeners of San Mateo & San Francisco Counties: Article

Firewise Landscaping: Make your home safer now!

February 14, 2022
The Bad News: Fire Season is now year-round in California. More Bad News: wildfires are no longer confined to areas with overgrown forests: homes in suburbia are increasingly vulnerable to devastation. The Good News: there are things you can do to improve the odds of your home surviving a wildfire.
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Figure 1. The most prevalent weeds in the 2019 and 2020 trials were A) watergrass and barnyard grass (Echinochloa spp.) and B) sprangletop (Leptochloa fusca). The most prevalent weed in the 2021 trial was C) yellow nutsedge (Cyperus esculentus).
UC Weed Science (weed control, management, ecology, and minutia): Article

Herbicide trial in Delta drill-seeded rice – 2021

February 13, 2022
By Michelle M Leinfelder-Miles
Michelle Leinfelder-Miles is the UC Cooperative Extension Delta Crops Resource Management Advisor serving San Joaquin, Sacramento, Yolo, Solano, and Contra Costa counties.
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The Stanislaus Sprout: Article

Give Bees Flowers for Valentine's Day

February 13, 2022
By Anne E Schellman
Winters are generally cold with few flowers blooming. While wandering around my garden on a recent sunny January day, I observed honey bees flitting from flower to flower on a ceanothus bush.
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Napa Master Gardener Column: Article

Spring Is Springing!

February 12, 2022
By Penny Pawl, UC Master Gardener of Napa County Winter isn't over, but in my garden it feels like spring has sprung. This is my favorite time of year. I discovered a bearded iris in bloom today, two months early and a great surprise. The first thing on my to-do list in February is to weed.
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Preservation Notes - San Joaquin Master Food Preservers: Article

Fermentation - Simple and Easy

February 12, 2022
By William Loyko Jr.
Fermentation When I went through my Master Food Preserver volunteer training in 2015, seems longer than that, there is a section on fermentation that was hidden in the Chapter 6 titled Preparation and Canning of Pickled Foods.
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