Archive Nut, Prune and Olive Programs

A properly pruned tree produces better fruit and is easier to manage because it is kept to a manageable size. There are lots of things one can learn about pruning and lots of resources available to learn from.

Join UCCE for the 2022 Irrigation and Nutrient Management Meeting Wednesday, February 23, 2022 Register to join us for this webinar: https://surveys.ucanr.edu/survey.

If you missed the Managing Weeds in Grasslands and Rangelands 2021 online event (Oct. 19, 2021 9 AM-12 noon PST), you're in luck. We have the recordings of each presentation here.

"Guess who's back?" butterfly guru Art Shapiro, UC Davis distinguished professor of evolution and ecology, asked in his "posse" email today. "Guess, who's back?" has nothing to do with the catchphrases uttered by Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jack Nicholson.

We are now about halfway through winter, yet here in California, signs of spring are well underway. Trees are blossoming, daffodils have bloomed, the days are getting longer (I was working in my yard tonight until 6 pm).

The University of California, Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources, is a statewide program with local development and delivery.

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I feel like I've said this every year for the last decade, but what a strange weather year we're having! Here in Auburn, we experienced the most intense rainfall in October that I can remember (with more than 8 inches falling in a 48 hour period).

Meetings and Announcements Planting Time...

After growing up in northern British Columbia, in a remote smelter town called Kitimat (an 8-hour drive from the nearest McDonald's), University of California Professor of Cooperative Extension Linda J.