Archive Nut, Prune and Olive Programs

Hydroponics alone is great for small spaces/no yards so one can grow much more than in a comparably sized garden plot because of the nature of hydroponic techniques. No weeds and much fewer pest problems. Paired up with Aquaponics, the sky's the limit on size and scope.

Our last newsletter may have prompted you to have more questions about citrus. The good news is, the topic for January Classes at Stanislaus County Libraries is (you guessed it) Growing Citrus Trees! We hope to see you at one of these free classes.

A beer for a butterfly? Suds for a bug? It's almost time for the Art Shapiro's annual "Beer-for-a-Butterfly" contest that he's sponsored since 1972.

Happy New Year ! In this month's issue: Save the Dates Presentation Day Scholarship Application Due Dates Member & Parent Expectations Holiday Wreaths for Heroes Requirements to sell an Animal at Fair 2024 A Lone Tree Christmas Westside & Horseless Horse Project in Igo Christmas Parade mypi - Shasta...

Hope you are all having a great holiday week. I've been spending time in and out of work, doing some walking in the woods and thinking through the game plan for 2024.

If history repeats itself, the person who finds and photographs the first bumble bee of the year in the two-county area of Yolo and Solano will do so in the 100-acre UC Davis Arboretum and Public Garden--or will find it foraging on a plant purchased from one of the Arboretum's popular plant sales.

While artichokes may not be on every gardeners cool season vegetable list, they are fun to grow, and December is the right time to plant them for an early spring crop.

In this issue: Horn removal options.2 Opciones de descorne3 Calves scour5 Diarrea en terneros...7 Udder Prep Towels ...9 Toallas de pao para preparacin...9 Calf Pneumonia10 Neumona en terneros ....

It's bee-ginning to look a lot like Christmas... All hail our littlest agricultural worker. European colonists brought the honey bee (Apis mellifera) to what is now the United States in 1622. Specifically, the bees arrived at the Jamestown colony (Virginia).

Butterfly guru Art Shapiro, UC Davis distinguished professor emeritus, Department of Evolution and Ecology, is retired, but not from his research and not from sponsoring the annual Beer-for-a-Butterfly contest, in which the person who collects the first live cabbage white butterfly of the year in th...