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Dear 4-H Families, San Benito County Fair information and deadlines are attached. Santa Cruz county fair entry deadline is August 24 at 5:59 pm. Still exhibits for market animal exhibitors should be entered in the Youth Organizations - 4-H or FFA departments.

Dear 4-H families, We are excited to offer the 100 years of Fairs shirts and sweatshirts for San Benito Fair. The profits support the 4-H program. Order your shirt and sweatshirt by August 25th. See attached order form. Thank you for your support and see you at fair, Julie Katawicz 4-H program rep.

Emily Bzdyk, who holds a master's degree in entomology from UC Davis, is making national headlines, but not about insects this time.

In 2020 near California's state capital, UC Master Gardeners of Sacramento County awaited with excitement for its annual Harvest Day they organized each year. But the ongoing pandemic forced the cancellation of this much-anticipated event leaving the usual over 1500 attendees disappointed.

I recently went looking for our copies of Walter Ebeling's book on pests of subtropical tree crops. It was created over 40 years ago, but is still a great reference for past pests and those that still pop up with less frequency than avocado thrips and persea mite do today.

In the rolling foothills of El Dorado County, Calif., a beautiful community garden thrives. Not just an ordinary garden plot, but a community space that cultivates life skills, self-confidence, and weaves a vibrant tapestry of community.

Cover crops are typically planted in ground that is otherwise fallow. In an annual crop rotation in the Sacramento Valley, cover crops are commonly planted in the fall, grown over the winter, and terminated in late winter/early spring. Thus, cover crops can take up space outcompeting winter weeds.

Do your tomato plants suffer from lack of vigor, yellowing leaves, and poor fruit production? These symptoms are associated with many different problems, including lack of soil nutrients, excess salts in the soil or irrigation water, poor drainage or waterlogged soil, or a variety of plant diseases.

Did you know that the largest organ of the human body is...the skin? You have three layers of skin. The skin protects you from mechanical, thermal, biological, or chemical hazards. It prevents loss of moisture and protects you from the effects of the sun.

Some of us have planned our landscape to include areas of no greenery. Remember selling your lawn when water was scarce? Well, you may have tired of the cubic yards of bark or, worse yet, the crushed rock you replaced it with.