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Pest Notes
- Olive Knot
- Black Scale
UC Pest Management Guidelines (UC Statewide IPM Project Web Site)
UC Cooperative Extension Cost and Return Studies
- Almonds
  Double Line Drip Irrigation. Southern San Joaquin Valley. 2016 PDF
- Almonds
  Flood Irrigated. San Joaquin Valley North. 2011. PDF
- Almonds
  Micro-sprinkler. San Joaquin Valley North. 2016. PDF
- Olive Oil
  Super High Density. San Joaquin Valley 2007. PDF
- Olives - San Joaquin Valley. 2005 PDF
- Pecans - Sacramento/San Joaquin Valley - 2005. PDF
- Pistachios
  Low Volume Irrigation - San Joaquin Valley South. 2015. PDF
- Walnuts
  Late Leafing - Lateral Bearing. San Joaquin Valley North. 2017. PDF
- Walnuts
  Micro-Sprinkler Irrigation - San Joaquin Valley North. 2007 PDF

Fire resilient forests have the benefit of offering greater access for recreation. (Photo: Butte County Fire Safe Council)

Green Blog: Article

The worst fire in California history illuminates fire preparation needs

July 29, 2019

By Jeannette Warnert

The Camp Fire, the worst wildfire in California history, ravaged the bucolic communities in the Butte County foothills, including Paradise, Concow, Butte Creek Canyon, Cherokee, Yankee Hill and Magalia in November 2018.

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Green Blog: Article

What can we learn from the 14,000 homes lost during the Camp Fire?

July 29, 2019

By Pamela S Kan-Rice

Shades of brown and grey cast over bricks, cement, remnants of metal roofs and steel beams from manufactured and modular homes, collapsed stucco walls, BBQs, shells of washers and driers, along with an occasional tea pot that is what you can see in and amongst living, but singed Ponderosa pine and...

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Kate Wilkin inspects a ponderosa pine on her property with an old fire scar, undeniable evidence that fire has swept through her neighborhood in the past.

Green Blog: Article

UC fire scientist Kate Wilkin created defensible space at her own Grass Valley home

July 29, 2019

By Jeannette Warnert

Fire scientist Kate Wilkin was on the job just a few weeks when ferocious winds whipped up the Northern California firestorm of 2017.

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Topics in Subtropics: Article

Pore Variety Increases Soil Carbon Storage

July 29, 2019

By Ben A Faber

The more different the root architecture, the greater potential to store more carbon The greater the diversity of the rooting network, the greater diversity of pores It's not just the biomass that stores the carbon, it's the diversity of the pores So plant a greater diversity of plants to increase s...

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HOrT COCO-UC Master Gardener Program of Contra Costa: Article

Fuchsias & Ceanothus Problems

July 29, 2019

Advice for the Home Gardener from the Help Desk of the UC Master Gardener Program of Contra Costa County Client's Request: I have another garden question. We have a fuchsia and an unknown green plant (to the left of the fuchsia in the photo) in dire need of serious pruning in our West County yard.

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Sample of label instructions indicating where not to use a particular herbicide.

UC Weed Science (weed control, management, ecology, and minutia): Article

Herbicides for the Homeowner: Frequently Asked Questions

July 28, 2019

By Whitney B Brim-Deforest

Are you tired of hand-pulling weeds from your yard or garden, and want to use an herbicide? Seen your friend's post on social media for a quick and easy guide to make your own herbicide but aren't sure if it's really a good idea to use? So many questions, so little time.

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ANR Adventures: Article

On to our next stop

July 28, 2019

By Wendy Powers

We've moved on to our second destination, leaving Perth behind. The only clue I have to provide for our new location is that we are in a different time zone, an hour and a half away. This might be the first time I have experienced a half time zone'.

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Cooperative Extension Ventura County: Article

CloverLines July 2019

July 27, 2019

In this issue: Events Calendar--don't miss out on important due dates Seeking People with Passion for Management & Program Boards Belt Buckles Cowboy Poetry Contest Scholarship Opportunity for Teachers Fair Booth--Help Wanted! Fair Contacts & Barn Chart (page 6) Record Books Officer Training--sign u...

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Cooperative Extension Ventura County: Article