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You can be an understudy or you can be an underwing. Or underfoot. Have you ever seen an underwing, a moth in the family Erebidae? Today one dropped out of a tree, landing on my feet in a Vacaville park. It just missed being a part of our National Moth Week celebration.

AUGUST 25, 2021 7:30AM-12PM The annual Rice Field Day will be Wednesday, August 25, 2021, at the Rice Experiment Station (RES), Biggs, California. We cordially invite you and your associates to join us for this event.

August is here, and summer vegetable plants are still growing strong. It's hard to believe it's time to start thinking about planting your fall vegetable garden! We are offering two free, in-person classes.

The Lead and Copper Rule (LCR)a U.S. federal regulation under the administration of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)limits the concentration of lead and copper allowed in utility-provided tap water.

The son of a landowner, Joseph Banks developed his passion for the outdoors into a lifelong pursuit as an explorer, botanist, and naturalist. At age 17, upon learning that he was unable to study botany at Oxford, he chose instead to pursue this passion with a private tutor. The rest is history.

Two identical looking species of wood-boring beetles, collectively known as invasive shothole borers (ISHB), have killed thousands of trees in Southern California and pose an ongoing threat to California's urban and wildland forests.

The Siskiyou County Cattlemen's Association is excited to host their 2021 Annual Tour on Saturday, August 21st from 9am-2pm! The Annual Tour seeks to connect members of the ranching community, provide a hands-on learning opportunity, and celebrate those who have made outstanding contributions to the...

This is the fifth post in this series following concepts and information from UC Master Gardeners of Napa County presentation, Soil is the Solution, healing the earth one yard at a time, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqA8DqBtRuo .

By Susanne von Rosenberg, UC Master Gardener of Napa County If you're like most gardeners, you always enjoy learning something new. I recently started learning about mast seeding.

Note from UC Cooperative Extension (UCCE) San Bernardino County Master Gardener Management: We are so delighted to have Elizabeth McSwain as a newly graduated Master Gardener! Below is her own account of her love and inspiration for all things gardening' and her new Seeds of Joy' community garden in...