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Contra Costa County Cooperative Extension: Article

Feb 2020 (1)

March 4, 2020
50th Quad-County Walnut Institute Monday, March 9th Robert J.
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araujia distribution map
Topics in Subtropics: Article

Cruel Vine

March 4, 2020
By Ben A Faber
So I've gotten a few calls lately about this vine with a big green pod that is growing in lemon trees. What is done with it and how do you get rid of it? Araujia sericifera, cruel vine, moth plant, bladderflower is an escaped ornamental that has become an invasive weed in California.
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A monarch foraging on Mexican sunflower (Tithonia) in the late summer in Vacaville, Calif. Question is: where was this monarch in the early spring? (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

Seen Any Western Monarchs Lately?

March 3, 2020
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Seen any Western monarch butterflies yet this year? No? Butterfly guru Art Shapiro, distinguished professor of evolution and ecology, has. He spotted one on Jan.
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Tehama County: Article

2020 SVR PRUNE Newsletter Vol #2

March 3, 2020
Orchard Considerations for Bloom and Beyond Young Orchard Weed Management New EPA Paraquat Restrictions Navigating Irrigation Technology Overload...
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Former dean Gordon Rausser has gifted $50 million to Berkeley’s College of Natural Resources, the largest amount ever received by the college. (UC Berkeley photo by Keegan Houser)
ANR News Releases: Article

UC Berkeley College of Natural Resources receives $50 million gift

March 3, 2020
By Jeannette Warnert
The College of Natural Resources at the University of California, Berkeley, has been renamed the Rausser College of Natural Resources in honor of a landmark $50 million gift by Gordon Rausser, former dean of the college and the Robert Gordon Sproul Distinguished Professor Emeritus of agricultural an...
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Abutilon 'David' photo by Jennifer Baumbach
Under the Solano Sun: Article

Spring is Almost Here: Garden Tips for Marching into March

March 3, 2020
The calendar says Winterbut out our windows, the weather says spring into action for Spring! It's time to think about those early spring gardening activities that give us a great excuse to get outside into the beautiful Solano sunshine.
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A male carpenter bee, Xylocopa tabaniformis orpifex, on a geranium in Vacaville, Calif., on Feb. 27, 2020. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

Meet the Mountain Boy

March 2, 2020
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
I call him the Mountain Boy. A male carpenter bee, Xylocopa tabaniformis orpifex, appeared in our pollinator garden in Vacaville, Calif.,on Feb. 27, the earliest we've seen this species. It's the smallest of California's carpenter bees and is often called the foothill or mountain carpenter bee.
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