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Steketee IC cultivating three 80-inch wide beds
UC Weed Science (weed control, management, ecology, and minutia): Article

Update on Automated Weeders

May 20, 2018
By Richard F Smith
In vegetable production, growers cultivate most of the bed leaving only a 4-inch wide uncultivated band around the seedline. Weeds not controlled by preemergent herbicides or cultural practices in the uncultivated band are ultimately controlled by hand.
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elko 5-20-18
Ranching in the Sierra Foothills: Article

The LGD Journal - #5

May 20, 2018
By Daniel K Macon
Now that our Pyrenees x Akbash "puppy" Elko has nearly reached full-size, I have difficulty remembering he's still a puppy - a 120-pound puppy, but a puppy nonetheless. There are signs, however, that his brain is catching up with his body! Here are a few updates and observations.
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Pipevine swallowtails at the UC Davis Arboretum. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

It's Pollinator Discovery Day Sunday at UC Davis

May 18, 2018
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Meet the pollinators, And meet the UC Davis researchers, UC Master Gardeners, students and community members who study them or promote them. That's what's planned on Sunday, May 20 at an event sponsored by the UC Davis Arboretum and Public Garden and the UC Master Gardeners from 1 to 4 p.m.
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Stanislaus County: Article

Evapotranspiration Report - 5/17/2018

May 18, 2018
Hello all, Please find the attached document to provide the previous weeks estimated water use report in terms of evapotranspiration for almonds, peaches, walnuts, established vineyard, alfalfa and pasture in Stanislaus County.
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Flanders poppies in the wild
The Backyard Gardener: Article

Remembrance Poppies - Papaver rhoeas

May 18, 2018
How red poppies became associated with fallen soldiers: John McCrae was born in Canada in 1872 and was a successful poet, physician, artist, and author. He served in the Boar War (1899-1902) and quickly became disillusioned about the cost of war in human lives.
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Jennifer Sowerwine.
ANR News Blog: Article

Bay Area program provides urban ag jobs to ex-offenders

May 18, 2018
By Jeannette Warnert
The East Oakland non-profit organization Planting Justice hires former inmates, many from San Quentin, and pays them a family sustaining wage to work on urban farms, orchards and nurseries, and offer environmental education, reported Patti Brown in the New York Times.
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UCCE in Santa Barbara County: Article

Fire-Wise Landscaping

May 18, 2018
Speakers: Michelle Silva, UC Master Gardener Ann Marx, Fire Inspector, City of Santa Barbara...
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