Archive Nut, Prune and Olive Programs

Backyard composting doesn't have to be mysterious in the same way it doesn't have to stink. With a little attention and even less real knowledge, it's possible to have a place to throw kitchen scraps while building black gold to spread across the garden beds.

I went back to the office this week! My plant didn't survive the 16 months without a drink. Other than that, everything was intact.

It's early morning and the spider is hungry. It snares a honey bee foraging for pollen and nectar in a patch of Mexican sunflowers (Tithonia rotundifola) in a Vacaville pollinator garden. The spider slides down the sticky web, kills its prey with a venomous bite, and begins to eat.

...

Academic outdoor educators receive comprehensive technical training in their fields, but often are not trained in leadership and communications skills "that aid in academic and personal success and well-being," say two UC Davis doctoral candidates enrolled in Professors for the Future (PFTF), a prog...

Important YQCA training will be held this Saturday, July 10 at the Kern Agricultural Pavillion. Open the attached flyer for full details.

Liz Reikowski is a San Benito County rancher who recently graduated with a master's degree in Natural Resources Management from University of Nevada, Reno (Figure 1).

If you missed the recent UC/CAS/CAC grower meeting on cooling avocado trees or just want to review the enormous amount of information or just want to wander other grower's orchards, Here is the video of the presentations: Speaker & Topic: Giulia Marino, UC Davis Tree Physiologist - How Heat Affects...

You don't want to "get the red out" when a flameskimmer dragonfly visits your garden. You want to let Big Red to stay in. This male flameskimmer hung out in our pollinator garden in Vacaville on July 3 for a little over five hours.

Ranchers are facing the most severe drought conditions in memory with limited forage growth, little stock water, and high risk of wildfire on the range.