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Reposted from the UC Irvine News A brush fire in the summer of 2017 consumed large swaths of dried out vegetation on the hillsides of Ventura County, a place that emerged as a hot spot for wildfires over the past two decades, according to a new study by UCI researchers in Nature Scientific Reports.

May is full of events regarding livestock and natural resources management.

Everyone loves home grown tomatoes and other vegetables like peppers, corn, and squash. But pests like them too.

Thursday, May 6, 13, 20, 27, and June 3 (15 hours) 9:00am 12:00pm PDT (GMT -07:00) and Q&A 12:00pm - 1:00pm PDT Understanding groundwater and watersheds and how we monitor, assess, and sustainably manage these resources is critical and integral to California Groundwater Sustainability Plans (GSPs)...

Do you want to control your rangeland weeds without using herbicides? Check out the new manual called, Best Management Practices for Non-Chemical Weed Control, a collaboration between the University of California Cooperative Extension and California Invasive Plant Council.

Apricots are delicate stone fruits that begin to appear in markets around May in California. While the season for apricots is relatively quick, many different varieties are grown in the state, which ripen over the course of late Spring through early Summer.

By Donna Woodward, UC Master Gardener of Napa County If you haven't eaten Romano green beans fresh from the garden, you can't imagine how delicious they are. The difference between homegrown beans and the frozen or commercially farmed beans from the supermarket is astonishing.

UC ANR operates nine Research and Extension Centers (RECs), each location representing a unique climatic zone of the state.

In This Issue: Almond Orchard Management Considerations Almond May Spray Considerations in a Tight Fiscal Year Irrigating with lower quality water? What to consider first.

Martinez joins UCCE in Kings County Vanessa Martinez joined the CalFresh Healthy Living, UCCE Kings County team as a nutrition educator on March 1.