Archive Nut, Prune and Olive Programs

With little rain this winter and the erratic weather patterns of wind and heat, avocado is going to be especially prone to salt damage. And the flowering period is one of the most sensitive.

by Melody Kendall One of the many things that I enjoy about gardening is that each day brings a new adventure while still following a schedule or plan.

Learn the fundamentals of prescribed firelighting and wildland firefighting during this hands-on, one-day field training (choose 1 of the 3 workshop locations).

Several years ago, I tried growing carrots in my garden, and found them to be very tasty, and rewarding to grow in the home garden. While a bag of carrots at the grocery store is relatively cheap, the flavor of home grown just cannot be beat.

Growers frequently celebrate the presence of wildlife in their alfalfa and grain fields, providing valuable habitat as well as economic returns. But sometimes it's just too much of a good thing. Snow geese and Ross's geese foraging in alfalfa hay in the Sacramento Valley, 2021.

By Susanne von Rosenberg, UC Master Gardener of Napa County February is Black History Month, and I realized that I knew virtually nothing about the contributions of Black people to how we garden.

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Reposted from the UC ANR news When conditions are right, winter can be a good time to conduct prescribed burns for forest management, says Rob York, UC Cooperative Extension forestry specialist. A huge issue we have in California is fire severity.

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It's "Bio Day" on Saturday, Feb. 20 at the University of California, Davis. That's when UC Davis will celebrate the "bio" (life) in both biodiversity and biochemistry with special events open to the public.