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A male monarch, Danaus plexippus, spreads its wings on a tower of jewels (Echium wildpretii) in Vacaville, Calif. on Sunday, May 23. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

Portraits of a Monarch Just Stopping By

May 25, 2020
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Welcome, Danaus plexippus! A monarch butterfly, the first of the year, fluttered through our family pollinator garden in Vacaville, Calif. last Sunday and hung around for about two hours. We clocked him in at 5 p.m. and he exited around 7.
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Topics in Subtropics: Article

Hedgerows and Pollinators

May 25, 2020
By Ben A Faber
The Buzz about Hedgerows Hedgerows are an approved practice under California Department of Agriculture's Healthy Soils Grant Program. That means, growers are eligible to receive grant funding for planting hedgerows.
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UC Weed Science (weed control, management, ecology, and minutia): Article

Johnsongrass in processing tomatoes

May 25, 2020
In 2019, my colleague Sarah Light (UCCE Agronomy Advisor: Sutter-Yuba and Colusa counties) and myself were in Year 2 of a Healthy Soils Demonstration Project in Sutter County, CA. Our field site was planted to tomatoes and was in it's first year of certified organic production.
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Spill the Beans: Article

Bearded Iris

May 25, 2020
by Melody Kendall Spring is amazing! The plants in the garden, seemingly overnight, leap out of the ground in a mind- boggling array of varying shades of green and early bloomers. I find that I, too, am rejuvenated and invigorated with the crisp cool mornings and warm breezy afternoons.
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Male longhorn bee and red admiral butterfly on Tithonia. (Kathy Keatley Garvey, UC Davis Entomology and Nematology)
The Stanislaus Sprout: Article

Native Pollinators in Your Garden Tuesday May 26

May 24, 2020
By Anne E Schellman
We hope you can join us Tuesday night at 6 p.m. for our Native Pollinator Gardening class. If you signed up, you should have received two emails. A confirmation email, and a second email with the Zoom Webinar Link and password. If you didn't receive an email from ucmgstanislaus@ucanr.
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UC Cooperative Extension, Ventura County: Article

News You Can Use: Food Preservation Video Library, New UC ANR California Water Podcast, and More

May 23, 2020
By Rose M Hayden-Smith
Here's news we hope you find useful, including food preservation resources, a new podcast, and a reading recommendation. The citrus IPM advisor will help fill the role of retiring UCCE citrus entomology specialist Beth Grafton-Cardwell and will be based at the Lindcove Research and Extension Center.
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