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Thrips/TSWV status in Yolo & Colusa: Article

Late May (post 3)

May 26, 2020
By Neil McRoberts
General situation: Despite things warming up recently, our reference weather station for Yolo/Colusa/Solano is still behind the last couple of years and the 30-year average for heat accumulation, so far this season.
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Placer/Nevada 4-H Blog: Article

Scholarship Inspiration

May 26, 2020
Just like that May is turning to June, and time marches on for Placer County. On May 16th, Placer County 4-H held virtual scholarship interviews for the 4-H Council scholarships and the Hulbert award.
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A male monarch, Danaus plexippus, spreads its wings on a tower of jewels (Echium wildpretii) in Vacaville, Calif. on Sunday, May 23. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

Portraits of a Monarch Just Stopping By

May 25, 2020
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Welcome, Danaus plexippus! A monarch butterfly, the first of the year, fluttered through our family pollinator garden in Vacaville, Calif. last Sunday and hung around for about two hours. We clocked him in at 5 p.m. and he exited around 7.
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Topics in Subtropics: Article

Hedgerows and Pollinators

May 25, 2020
By Ben A Faber
The Buzz about Hedgerows Hedgerows are an approved practice under California Department of Agriculture's Healthy Soils Grant Program. That means, growers are eligible to receive grant funding for planting hedgerows.
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UC Weed Science (weed control, management, ecology, and minutia): Article

Johnsongrass in processing tomatoes

May 25, 2020
In 2019, my colleague Sarah Light (UCCE Agronomy Advisor: Sutter-Yuba and Colusa counties) and myself were in Year 2 of a Healthy Soils Demonstration Project in Sutter County, CA. Our field site was planted to tomatoes and was in it's first year of certified organic production.
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Spill the Beans: Article

Bearded Iris

May 25, 2020
by Melody Kendall Spring is amazing! The plants in the garden, seemingly overnight, leap out of the ground in a mind- boggling array of varying shades of green and early bloomers. I find that I, too, am rejuvenated and invigorated with the crisp cool mornings and warm breezy afternoons.
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