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Winter, December 2022, Issue 003...

Are you in need of some last-minute CEUs for 2022? We're pleased to announce that a new online course on runoff and surface water protection is available and offered for free.

College students across the nation are struggling to meet their basic food needs. Within the University of California system of 280,000 students, 38% of undergraduate students and 20% of graduate students report food insecurity.

This blog article is for readers who may have heard of subsoil, but don't really know what it is, or how it may or may not affect their gardening efforts. There are several layers (also known as horizons to soil scientists) that can be found when we dig deeper and deeper down into the soil.

New Educational Materials: Commercial HLB Detection Response Guide Statewide To ensure California citrus growers are well prepared in the event of a potential commercial grove detection of Huanglongbing (HLB), the deadly citrus plant disease that can be spread by the Asian citrus psyllid (ACP), the...

by Melody Kendall Installed in November 2020 the Low water, low maintenance garden at the Las Flores Learning Garden is the first garden established by the UC Master Gardeners and the City of Napa.

We never pass a chance to explore any plant sales that we discover when out-and-about. Around 20 years ago, we stumbled upon a sweet sale in Sacramento to support people suffering from AIDS. The event included somewhat small and nondescript cuttings for sale.

UC Davis Specialists and Department Chairs met on Monday for their fall meeting. It was an informational packed meeting. There were many questions about the designation of UC Santa Cruz and UC Merced as part of the UC Agricultural Experiment Station (AES).

Ready for some good news about our iconic monarch butterflies?

UC Cooperative Extension San Benito County is going to collaborate with San Jose State University to develop a CAL FIRE Forest Health Research grant proposal. We are interested in looking at different methods to control coyote brush (Baccharis pilularis). Coyote brush is a native shrub.