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Saving Summer Vegetable Seeds

September 9, 2025
The abundance from summer vegetable gardens is extended through the winter and beyond by methods of canning, freezing and drying. But you can also give your summer vegetables a longer life span by saving their seeds. It's important to know that the seed from a hybrid plant will not produce a plant exactly…
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Focus Groups

UC ANR Training Materials 2025 Best Practices for Running Focus Groups TrainingRecording of the trainingPresentation slidesGuest speaker Dr. Samuel Ikendi's presentation, Link to recordingGuest speaker Dr. LaJoy Spears' presentation, Link to recording 
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Intellectual Property and Technology Transfer: Page

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 Intellectual Property and Technology TransferCalifornia faces a complex, ever-changing regulatory environment in which science-based input and community engagement are needed to inform policy decisions and implementation. Rapidly changing information, technology, materials, and public demands…
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Jeff Smith, curator of the Lepidoptera collection at the Bohart Museum of Entomology. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Insect Treasures from Papua New Guinea

September 9, 2025
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
 Several weeks ago, Jeff Smith, curator of the Lepidoptera collection at the Bohart Museum of Entomology, was curating micro-Lepidoptera from the Bohart scientists' collecting trip to Papua New Guinea. He still is. And what incredible work he is doing.  The Bohart's expedition to Papua…
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MG Fall Plant Sale
Cooperative Extension, Sutter-Yuba Counties: Event

UC Master Gardener Fall Plant Sale

Oct 18, 2025

FALL PLANT SALEFall Into Gardening at the UC Master Gardener Plant Sale!The UC Master Gardeners of Sutter-Yuba Counties invite the community to their annual Fall Plant Sale on Saturday, October 18, 2025, from 9:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at the UCCE Office Parking Lot, 142 Garden Highway, Yuba City.Choose from a…
Cooperative Extension, Sutter-Yuba Counties
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How to create gifts from your garden
UC Master Gardeners of Solano County: Event

Gifts from the Garden

Jul 11, 2026

Gift-giving doesn’t need to be expensive, stressful, or hard! This presentation will discuss sustainable DIY gift ideas and will have you inspired to create more gifts from your garden – all year round! Whether you are visiting a friend or trying to find a Birthday, Mother/Fathers day, or Christmas gift…
UC Master Gardeners of Solano County
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UC Oaks: Article

Summer Irrigation of Established Oak Trees

September 8, 2025
By Michael Jones
by Gary HickmanOaks ‘n Folks – Volume 8, Issue 2 – November 1993Many recommendations concerning irrigation of established native California oak trees caution against summer water application, especially near the base of the tree. Fungal diseases such as oak root fungus (Armillaria mellea) and crown rot …
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