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CalAgroClimate web tools help farmers prepare for frost events A cold snap damaged almond blossoms across the Central Valley, resulting in more than $44 million in crop insurance claimsin late February 2018.

Reposted from UC Davis news A firefighter helps containment efforts during the Creek Fire response in 2020. (USDA, Pacific Southwest Forest Service) The proportion of good to bad fire in the Sierra Nevada is severely out of balance compared to historical rates.

March 20 is the first day of spring for 2023, and February is the perfect time to start planning for your warm weather vegetable garden. Not sure how to get started, or need some tips? Join the UC Cooperative Extension Master Gardeners for a class at a local Stanislaus County library near you.

Planning and Planting the Small Orchard Block February 23-26, 2023 Course Overview This new short course will offer a wealth of information from orchard expert, Orin Martin, long-time manager of the Alan Chadwick Garden and instructor at the UC Santa Cruz Center for Agroecology.

Are you noticing that the leaves on your citrus trees are looking yellow, and wondering if now is the time to fertilize? We have some answers for you. Should You Fertilize Now? First of all, don't be too worried about the yellow leaves.

by Melody Kendall We finally have received much needed rain. Working outside when it is raining isn't an option for me, but I work inside prepping and cleaning my garden implements. The wet rainy season is the perfect time to get my garden workmates back to their optimum. First, I do an inventory.

As you may know Glassy-winged Sharpshooter (GWSS) was found in the Browns Valley Neighborhood of Vacaville in October of 2021.

It's the New Year and a gardener's thoughts naturally turn to planning new and interesting plants. For those of us living on California's Central Coast, the mild climate and long growing season supports a wide variety of vegetation.

The other day I as was walking down my hall during the middle of the day, I saw a strange creature crawling across the hall. What was a millipede doing in my house? The creature had to climb nine steps and come through the kitchen and a few doors to get to my hall.

The beetles are coming! The beetles are coming! From boring beetles to burying beetles...and beetles from Belize and more... And you're invited. The Bohart Museum of Entomology is hosting an open house, themed "Beetles," from 1 to 4 p.m., Sunday, Jan.