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Special issue: Post-fire recovery resources This issue includes brief articles on many aspects of post-fire recovery.

Open Enrollment will take place from 8 a.m. on Thursday, Oct. 29, through 5 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 24. UC is offering the same high-quality health plans as last year, with minimal increases in premiums ranging from $0 to $12 per month.

If you didn't get a chance to listen to Whitney Brim-DeForest's webinar presentation on "Integrated Weed Management Rice Systems" (Part 3 of the UCCE Sutter-Yuba-Colusa Continuing Education Series), here it is: https://www.youtube.

Ben Faber and Brad Hanson This is not good. You find an avocado tree with sun blotch or it is time to thin the orchard and you remove the offending tree. You know that if you don't remove the sucker, you'll end up with some rootstock growth that just gets in the way of the other trees.

by Pat Hitchcock Parsley has been luxuriant in my garden this year. I wish I could take credit for it, but I have to confess that the largest patch of it sprouted voluntarily late last winter, just as the fall-planted parsley decided to go to seed.

Thanks to Doug Thomas of Crown Nursery, I'm able to see how the plants are changing as the weather cools up at MacDoel. This is a picture of Monterey close to the field of my original post.

By Susanne von Rosenberg, UC Master Gardener of Napa County These days you can get gardening information just about anywhere. In addition to the internet, there are radio shows, books, TV shows and classes offered by various organizations to help you learn.

Congratulations to the international team of scientists, including UC Davis entomologist and co-author Diane Ullman, on their publication involving the genome analysis of the western flower thrips, an invasive global agricultural pest that feeds on plants and is considered a supervector, spreading p...

We found this funny-faced visitor in the garden this summer. The Gray Hairstreak (or Common Hairstreak), Strymon melinus, is a common butterfly found in all 48 contiguous states. It is often found in weedy and disturbed areas.

Irises By Patty Smith UCCE Master Gardener I purchased this iris a few years ago. Wow, has it been a pleasureproviding these enormous showy blooms for several seasons. Alas, the reliable iris has one drawbackit really needs to be divided periodically.