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Generous donors gave $99,446 for UC Cooperative Extension and the statewide programs, institutes and research centers that make up UC ANR, as of 11:59 p.m. at the conclusion of GivingTuesday 2023 on Nov. 28. GivingTuesday 2023 donors gave $33,353 for California 4-H youth programming.

Common Plants to Attract California Native Bees Nearly 1600 species of native bees can be found in California's rich ecosystems and this colorful pocket-sized card set will help you select plants for your garden or landscape to support bee populations year-round.

Recently I [Matt] had a chance to interview 4-H youth member Wyatt who is also this year's 4-H club president for Penn Valley in Nevada County. The following are Wyatt's responses to my questions.

Lettuce may not be a garden crop that causes you to perk up and say, Tell me more. You may be thinking, Boring, I'll pass. Or you may be the gardener who says, I never could get that crop to grow. Whatever your current thinking about lettuce, I hope to get you excited about this humble crop.

Dec. 4 - 8 is Healthy Soils Week in California. Learn more by following the hashtag #healthysoilsweek2023 and visiting the CDFA Healthy Soils Week webpage.

It's Fall in Sunset Zone 9. Nights are in the low fifties, our highest day this week is 81, and day length is about is about 11 hours 28 minutes. What can we grow? Let us grow lettuce! Sure, other things end up in salad, but right now I am talking about Lactuca sativa.

I always love the bulb catalogs that drop through my mail slot at the end of every summer. I once overbought and then procrastinated on planting them. This was when I lived in Humboldt County.

Nutrition Policy Institute researchers led a recent study published in the California Agriculture journal. During COVID-related school closures school meal consumption was associated with eating more fruits and vegetables.

In this issue: Christal Ferlisi and Linda Cummings describe Master Gardeners convening at Lake Tahoe; Debbie OBrien shares the trainees propagation class at Morten Gardens; Kim Coons-Leonard relates activities at STEPCon by the Youth-School Gardens team; Jolene Hancock salutes Janis Binam; Ann Platz...