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Pests in the Urban Landscape: Article

Controlling Clothes Moths

February 20, 2018
By Anne E Schellman
Spotting a small moth fluttering around your closet then discovering damaged fabric or other items can be shocking. Upon further inspection, you may even see the silken webs spun by the larvae, or the droppings they leave behind.
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The Biochar Blog: Article

You knew this had to happen sooner or later

February 20, 2018
By Milton E Mcgiffen
This is interesting: https://carbonlogicus.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/CL_datasheet.pdf A company called Carbon Logic "utilizes a unique process to create crop specic formulations to maximize growth and yield of cannabis crops".
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A Garden Runs Through It - UCCE Master Gardeners of Colusa County: Article

What to Look for in a Healthy Plant

February 20, 2018
By Gerry Hernandez
It's that time of the year where we head to the garden center to purchase plants. Here are a few tips to purchasing a healthy plant? Quality of garden center - Take an overview of the plant department. Look to see if the plants look healthy.
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Noticias: Article

El liderazgo de una madre ayuda abrir oportunidades para los hijos

February 20, 2018
La educacin y la salud son dos reas de preocupacin entre los padres, y el reto es mayor para padres inmigrantes con largas jornadas de trabajo y presupuesto limitado. En la casa no hay mucho aprendizaje, dijo Florencia Manzano, una madre familia inmigrante, residente de la ciudad de Riverside.
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LISTEN UP: “Tomatoes” On In The Garden Radio

February 19, 2018
While you're relaxing before spring when the weather warms the soil enough to put your favorite varieties of tomatoes in the ground, we'll give you food for thought so you can start thinking about your plans. Plum, grape, cherry, beefsteak, heirloom.
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Now that's real cold! Fishing huts on frozen Lake Winnebago.
Strawberries and Caneberries: Article

Cold Snap Under Way for the Central Coast - What to do on the Berry Side

February 19, 2018
By Mark P Bolda
We have a stretch of unusually cold weather, including freezing temperatures at night, underway currently on the Central Coast, and it has attracted a lot of attention. Being originally from Wisconsin, it always slays me what people here think of as cold.
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UC Master Gardeners- Diggin' it in SLO: Article

Food For The Trail

February 19, 2018
Food for the Trail and Beyond By Stephanie Hill UCCE Master Food Preserver As the weather warms on the Central Coast, winter stretches into spring and those summer backpacking and camping adventures begin to manifest in the forefront of our minds.
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Sacramento Valley Field Crops: Article

Reminder: Grower Meeting this Wednesday, February 21st

February 19, 2018
Rotational Crop Grower Meeting Wednesday, February 21st, 2018, 8 a.m. - Noon Norton Hall, 70 Cottonwood Street, Woodland 7:45 a.m. Registration, Coffee, and Donuts 8:00 a.m. Announcements 8:10 a.m. Laws and Regulations Update Jenni King, Yolo County Ag Commissioner's Office/ 0.5 DPR Hours Laws 0.
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UC Weed Science (weed control, management, ecology, and minutia): Article

Follow Up: Pre-emergence Medusahead Control in the Intermountain Region

February 19, 2018
By Thomas J Getts
Last year about this time, I posted a blog regarding an ongoing trial investigating various herbicides for Pre-emergent Control of Medusahead. I wanted to follow up on that trial which I deemed unsuccessful and share some of the data collected in 2017.
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