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Know Your Onions Part 2

January 16, 2019
Editors note: This is the second article on raising onions. You can read Part 1 at this link. Cultural Requirements. Onions need full sun and prefer a loose, rich, well-drained soil. They are very shallow rooted so need regular irrigation to avoid drying out, and benefit from careful mulching.
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Cherimoya
UC ANR South Coast REC Field Events, Workshops, and Extension: Article

The importance of tasting evaluations..

January 16, 2019
By Tamara J Majcherek
Students from Irvine Christian Academy, ranging in ages from 4 to 18, along with their parents, visited the UC ANR South Coast REC to get a taste of the research being done at the Center.
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Kern County: Article

Green Scene January 2019

January 16, 2019
37th Annual Landscape Management Seminar 2019 Horticulture Classes Planting and Early Care of Deciduous Fruit Trees Wood Ashes for the Garden and Landscape...
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“Beyond chemicals, people are desperate for another way to fight weeds and electricity is back on the agenda,” says Andrew Diprose. © Chris Bennett
UC Weed Science (weed control, management, ecology, and minutia): Article

Old Sparky: Could Electricity Be Farming’s New Weed Killer?

January 16, 2019
By Gale Perez
Some that Martin Guerena shared with us... From Ag Web :: January 14, 2019 January 14, 2019 08:27 AM By Chris Bennett Farm Journal Technology and Issues Editor Email One touch from old sparky and the current brings down the curtaindeath by electricity.
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Winter 2019

January 16, 2019
Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans; Updates to the Physical Activity Guidelines; Physical Activity - Pass It On; Program Opportunities...
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Livestock, Range and Natural Resources: Article

Winter 2019

January 16, 2019
In this issue: Upcoming Livestock Symposium Cattle Genetics Stockmanship Upcoming Drought Workshops...
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Kira Olmos, 5, of Winters isn't sure she wants meet an Australian stick insect at the Bohart Museum. She is holding mom's hand. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

Kira Meets a Stick Insect

January 15, 2019
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
When you're five years old and just learning about the world around you and its inhabitants, it's okay to be a little apprehensive when you encounter a giant prickly stick insect with thornlike spikes. Even if your mother is holding it.
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