Archive Nut, Prune and Olive Programs

By Sara Hoyer The Help Desk recently received the following questions from a local gardener about mystery mushrooms in their gardens.

By Simone Adair The Svalbard Global Seed Vault in Norway is the backup insurance policy for all the seed banks worldwide, said its founder, Cary Fowler. The Vault, which stores 500 million seeds, is naturally three to four degrees below zero Fahrenheit.

By Liz Rottger Think of the fierce energy concentrated in an acorn! You bury it in the ground, and it explodes into a giant oak! Bury a sheep, and nothing happens but decay.

By Dawn Kooyumjian and David George UC Master Gardeners from around the state converged on the Lake Tahoe region last October for the triennial 2023 UC Master Gardener Program conference. The conference occurred Oct. 2 6 at the Granlibakken Tahoe resort in sparkling Tahoe City, California.

By Paige Shewmaker On behalf of the California Department of Food and Agriculture, I am providing you with some informational resources for residents regarding an invasive fruit fly quarantine in your area.

UC Master Gardeners and Gold Badge recipients Titania Buchholdt and Wendy Kraft.

One of the first butterflies we see in the UC Davis Arboretum and Public Garden in midwinter is the Red Admiral, Vanessa atalanta. Yes, this butterfly overwinters as an adult. It's picture-perfect with black wings, red bands and white spots. And on a picture-perfect day in midwinter, you may see it.

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De las races de su familia Hmong a las vastas extensiones de los campos de Fresno, Lilian Thaoxaochay teje una historia de compromiso inquebrantable con la tierra y la comunidad.

Before he became the director of forest policy for a timber company, John Andersen was working next door to one. During his time as a consulting forester, several family forests Andersen visited were adjacent to parcels of industrial forestland that had undergone upsetting changes.