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Attendance to the UC Davis-sponsored event celebrating the life and legacy of UC Extension apiculturist Eric Mussen, an internationally respected "honey bee guru," is closed, but UC Davis distinguished professor Walter Leal will live-stream the event on Zoom.

Since Fall 2020, I have been evaluating the effects of applying green waste compost on established alfalfa. The three-year project includes two trials one in the San Joaquin County Delta and the other in Yolo County and is a collaboration with Rachael Long (UCCE) and Radomir Schmidt (UC Davis).

The gold-winning video "Diagnosing Herbicide Injury" includes several interactive features to make it more engaging and entertaining, and to help viewers remember the information.

Three Ssters Garden is located at the Madera Community College Center and home to the Madera Master Gardeners. The garden has a large Iris garden at this site. Each year the iris bloom just in time for the Spring Garden Tour.

UC Cooperative Extension Ventura County recently hosted a Pierce's disease grapevine demonstration meeting at Ojai Vineyard, in collaboration with owner and long-time winemaker Adam Tolmach. Participants were invited to taste wines made from the new varieties as well as examine the vines.

My family and I recently went for a walk through the UC Davis Arboretum and Public Garden. There are beautiful gardens and tree groves where you can reconnect with nature and see others also enjoying the space.

Dear 4-H families, We are hosting a fundraiser with the profits benefiting the 4-H program. We are selling San Benito Fair t-shirts and sweatshirts with the fair logo. We have received permission to use the fair logo. Order your t-shirt and/or sweatshirt today.

From the EurekAlert! website :: Cambridge University Press :: Aug. 1, 2022 Researchers from the University of Missouri recently conducted two field studies to explore the effectiveness of electricity in weed control.

August 21, 2022 Madera, CA long-time organic farmer and key farmer member of California's CIG reduced disturbance organic vegetable project, provided a recorded copy of the presentation that he gave at the 2022 Annual Conference of the Soil and Water Conservation Society in Denver, CO on August 2nd.

A small bush grew unnoticed at the edge of the Edible Garden for several years until a new garden pathway was needed and the bush was in the way. Only then did a garden volunteer find a tag identifying the bush as a honeyberry.