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KGET has partnered with Chevron to celebrate all 4-H and FFA students for their hard work in 2021. They initially hosted this contest last year during the pandemic in hopes to reward a student for their hard work and have decided to bring it back for a second year.

If you're an entomologist, an agriculturist, a gardener or an insect enthusiast, you've probably seen the life cycle of a lady beetle, aka ladybug: from the egg to the larva to the pupa to the adult.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a Health Advisory recently in response to increased reports of illness associated with products containing the pesticide ivermectin.

by Melody Kendall We have lived in our home now for almost 40 years; gosh, time flies when you are having fun! Until about five years ago we had been unsuccessful in establishing a garden in the front yard under the only window seen from the street, wanting it to be a major design feature of our hom...

All are invited to an upcoming webinar that is being held Thursday, Sept 16 from 11 am to noon, and hosted through the Healthy Soils Program with Dr Eric Brennan on cover cropping in furrows of strawberries.

Nothing welcomes spring better, than to see the arrival of daffodils with their cheerful faces framed by their ruffled bonnets! These loved and joyous flowers are symbolic, as they represent hope and joy. Giving a bunch of daffodils as a gift is thought to bring the receiver good fortune.

Join us on Thursday September 9th, at 6:30 pm as UCCE Master Gardener Zeal Stefanoff, leads the discussion on Vermicomposting. Registration Link The wild, wonderful world of wiggly worms or more simply kitchen worm farming.

Join the Master Gardener's Book Club October 15, 6:00pm-7:30 pm Via Zoom Sign up link Readers who enjoyed Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer, our previous Master Gardener book, are sure to enjoy this highly regarded book.

The spider failed to snag a butterfly, so it went for Plan Bee. That would be the honey bee, Apis mellifera. The bee is usually foraging for nectar and pollen and not that aware of her surroundings, especially a cunning and very hungry spider.

Partnering for California The COVID-19 pandemic hit farmers hard. Supply chains were disrupted and even non-traditional agritourism revenue streams such as hay mazes and on-farm events had to be canceled due to shelter-in-place mandates.