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You won't want to miss the Bohart Museum of Entomology open house on "Household Vampires," targeting mosquitoes, ticks, bed bugs, lice and fleas. The open house set from 1 to 4 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 23 in Room 1124 of the Academic Surge Building, 455 Crocker Lane, UC Davis.

The East Bay Regional Park District is currently recruiting for two (2) Vegetation Ecologists and these positions will be headquartered at the Park District's Administrative Office, 2950 Peralta Oaks Ct., Oakland.

In This Issue: Post-Harvest Almond Orchard Considerations Plant cover crops now to prepare for another wet winter Be Careful with Almond Variety-Rootstock Selection Reality Check Planning for a big crop in tight times Welcoming New Weed Science & Agronomy AdvisorRyan Hill Bacterial blast/canker: Wha...

UC Digital Agriculture Program's innovative spray backstop system reduces airborne pesticide drift by 78% in almond orchards a big step forward for improving air quality and working conditions in California's agricultural production areas.

Noted pollination ecologist Neal Williams, professor in the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology and a 2015-2020 Chancellor's Fellow, recently discussed native bees on the international podcast, Science Friday, with host and executive producer Ira Flatow.

The UC Master Gardeners of Santa Barbara County and Mesa Harmony Garden invite you to join us for a free, in-person presentation at Mesa Harmony Garden on Saturday, October 7, 2023, from 10:00 a.m. to noon.

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I recently did a presentation for theCordelia Branch Library inFairfield. They put on display several books, and one of them was The Lifelong Gardener by ToniGattone, aUCCE Master Gardener of Marin County. I found this very interesting and timely for me, so I borrowed it.

Tomatoes are a large focus of this program. Learn how to do it SAFELY! Use only USDA?approved recipes to ensure you will have a safe product. Acidification, even with tomatoes, is critical.

The late Argentine-born biologist Beatriz Moisset (1934-2022) of Willow Grove, Pa., called the insect "A Pollinator with a Bad Reputation.