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Coordinator News: Article

2020 Virtual Mini Conference

July 7, 2020
By Lauren L Snowden
Although the in-person 2020 UC Master Gardener Conference has been rescheduled for 2021 we will be hosting a FREE virtual mini-conference Sept. 29 Oct. 1. Pick and choose what sessions to attend, if you can't make it LIVE all sessions are being recorded.
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Volunteermatch
Coordinator News: Article

COVID-19 and Volunteerism Survey

July 7, 2020
By Marisa A Coyne
The UC Master Gardener Program engages 6000+ volunteers annually to extend practical, research-based home horticulture, integrated pest management, and sustainable landscaping information to the residents of California.
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Poppies
Coordinator News: Article

Donors Dig Deep to Support the Program on Big Dig Day!

July 7, 2020
By Melissa G Womack
BIG congratulations! Together UC ANR raised over $99,000 and the UC Master Gardener Program raised $60,425 in new support across the state with our second annual Big Dig Day campaign. This is an increase of more than four times the amount raised from last year.
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Residue 2020
Conservation Agriculture: Article

Old theory drives new soil heatlh research in California!

July 7, 2020
By Jeffrey P Mitchell
July 7, 2020 Generating and preserving surface residues on the soil despite being one of the core principles of just about all of the soil health movements and government programs these days has had very little play in most agricultural fields in California now for nearly ninety years.
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Topics in Subtropics: Article

Root Architecture?

July 7, 2020
By Ben A Faber
Why are avocado roots coarse, but dense, while grass roots are a fine mat? It has long been one of the best kept secrets in the underground world: what determines the variation in form and function of plant roots?
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Mark Bell maintains physical distancing over the long weekend
ANR Adventures: Article

No vacation this week

July 6, 2020
By Wendy Powers
This year, the 4th of July holiday seemed surreal. From the record-setting days of COVID-19 cases to the alarming speeches, I would be fine if we don't repeat one like this anytime soon. Great to see that some were able to get away and maintain physical distancing. Last week was a short week.
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A honey bee heads toward a Mexican sunflower, Tithonia rotundifolia, in Vacaville, Calif. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

So Bee It...

July 6, 2020
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
The honey bees love it. So do the long-horned bees, bumble bees, carpenter bees, European paper wasps, syrphid flies, butterflies, blister beetles, spotted cucumber beetles, crab spiders, praying mantids, and assorted other insects.
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