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2020 Citrus Production Course

February 6, 2020
By Sonia I Rios
University of California Cooperative Extension Citrus Production Course for New Growers March 12, 2020 May 5, 2020 (8 Week course) Tuesdays, 9:30am -11:30am Location: 4500 Glenwood Dr # A, Riverside, CA 92501 (Riverside-Corona Resource Conservation District building) Cost: $325 Cost includes class...
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Bombus melanopygus, the black-tailed bumble bee, nectaring on a rose in Benicia, Solano County, on Jan. 25. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

Bombus Back in Benicia

February 6, 2020
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
How many different bumble bee species have you seen or photographed this year? Have you seen the black-tailed bumble bee, Bombus melanopygus? It's the earliest to emerge in this area. We photographed several B. melanopygus on Jan. 25 near downtown Benicia.
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New risk assessments just posted for invasive weeds

February 6, 2020
By Gale Perez
New Risk Assessments Just Posted for Invasive Weeds The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service ?recently posted Weed Risk Assessments for a dozen new weeds of concern. Eleven of the 12 are already documented in the West.
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photos by Launa Herrmann
Under the Solano Sun: Article

Shaping the Maple

February 6, 2020
Scraggly, overgrown and definitely neglected that's how I describe the two Japanese maple trees in my yard. Both the 3' weeping laceleaf in the front and the 10' upright in the back need pruning.
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ANR Adventures: Article

Consider fixes before things break

February 5, 2020
By Wendy Powers
I've been thinking a bit about the adage if it's not broken, don't fix it. It makes perfect sense. The problem is that when something is working, it's easy to overlook the need to do preventative maintenance, much less consider what happens when that something breaks.
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Find the ootheca! It's on this barn-themed birdhouse. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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A Praying Mantis Was Here

February 5, 2020
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
You never know where a praying mantis will deposit its egg case, the ootheca. In and around Vacaville, we've seen them on olive trees, honeysuckle vines, passionflower vines, and wooden stakes.
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February 2020

February 5, 2020
Book of the Month - Emily Dickinson's Gardening Life Ornamental Plant of the Month - Black Lace Elderberry Edible Plant of the Month - Rhubarb Recipe of the Month - Lamb and Sweet Pepper Ragu...
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