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We are currently updating our UC ANR Strategic Vision. We kicked-off the conversation at the April 2023 UC ANR Statewide Conference, and that then informed the development of the strategic visioning survey that is currently open.

Back in July 2023, we wrote a Bug Squad blog about a feral bee colony inside a cavity of a sycamore tree on the UC Davis campus. The triple-digit temperatures resulted in bee bearding.

I had been looking for a way to both encourage a love for gardening, and to strengthen the bond with my long-distance bonus grandchildren in Oregon. I had given them gardening tools a year ago, and had recently found some cute animal shaped watering cans.

In this issue: Red Imported Fire Ants, UC Master Gardeners Transforming Education in Placer County, Garden Ghoulishness II, All-Star: Winter Honeysuckle, Unusual Edible: Wapato, BotLat: Plant Names, Creating Defensible Space: Quick Tip on Shrub Maintenance, Kids Korner: Pine Cone Bird Feeder, Abiotic Plant…

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It may be after Labor Day, but some of your plants may still be wearing white, breaking that long-standing fashion rule! While many of us don't adhere to this old rule for our wardrobes these days, you may care about white stuff on your plants this time of year.

In this issue: Wolf pack identified in Tulare County - Non-lethal predator protection tools Buying Livestock Drugs in California Vesicular Stomatitis Virus Neospora in Cattle Mushroom Poisonings - A Danger to Cattle?

Like many of you, I have been a walking sneeze these past couple weeks.

Here is the information we just sent out to our Public Newsletter subscribers. We're sharing this with our Master Gardener mailing list, so you can share with interested friends and family.

Here are some of the topics covered in this newsletter: Sep (and Aug) Gardening Tips Now accepting applications for the 2024 Master Gardener Training Program. Want to learn more? Attend a free program information sessions on Sat, Sep 9 and Sat, Sep 23 after the workshops those days.