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It seems every day of the year has a celebration linked with it. June 10th is National Herbs and Spices day. Herbs are leaves that can add flavor to a dish, scent a space or be used medicinally or for religious rituals.

A wildfire shockwave recently hit California. Maybe you missed it. While there were no large wildfires threatening homes, and the air wasn't thick with smoke like in the Northeast from the wildfires in Canada, a shockwave did hit.

As many of you are already aware, UC ANR strives to be an employer of choice with a positive and engaged workforce. As part of our strategic goals to support our work environment and workforce, we have simplified the process to review proposed Flexible Work Agreements.

Sometimes you hear about bored teenagers trashing bee hives by deliberately throwing rocks at them or gleefully tipping them over. But a truck driver who deliberately plows through a bee yard on private property and crushes 40 colonies? That's unreal.

Learn more and listen to "In The Garden" radio show podcasts. Would you like to get updates from the Orange County Master Gardeners? Hear about what we are doing in the community Receive the "Garden Beet". A quarterly gardening newsletter.

The UC Master Gardeners of Santa Barbara County invite you to join us for a free, online Garden Talk on Monday, July 10, 2023, at 7pm. UC Master Gardeners Bill Morey, Marian Rusting and Janet Rogers will share a research-based presentation, Growing Berries.

A note from Kern County Entomology Advisor David Haviland, We are forewarned. The hills are drying up and after this rain, there could be a tide of False Chinch Bugs coming out of the hills.

I've long had Lotusland on my botanical garden must visit list and I finally made it there this spring. Lotusland is located in Montecito, near Santa Barbara.

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