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The Stanislaus County UCCE Master Gardeners are excited to bring you a free online class on Wednesday, April 15, 2020 from 6:00-7:30 p.m. PST! Rho Yare will teach you everything you need to know about growing spring vegetables in containers.

Attached is the 4-H RoundUp for the months of April & May 2020.

Please read letter from 4-H Statewide Director, Lynn Schmitt-McQuitty...

Technology has become a part of our everyday lives. There are some fun and helpful tools available that can help with finding a plant ID. They include several Plant ID apps for your smartphone or smart device.

Applications for the director of Lindcove Research and Extension Center are still being accepted with a closing date of April 24. The position is open to all ANR academics including Agricultural Experiment Station faculty.

The deadline to nominate staff for a STAR Award has been extended to 11:59 p.m. on Friday, April 17. This is in response to requests from a number of managers and supervisors whose workload is impacted by the COVID-19 situation and other competing priorities.

Looking for simple no-sew instructions to make a cloth face mask? The following CDC-COVID19 fact sheet illustration provides a couple of simple how-to methods using materials found around the house that are washable and reusable.

Dear Colleagues, The Research Grants Program Office (RGPO)* at the University of California, Office of the President (UCOP) is making available up to $2 Million to immediately support urgent research to mitigate the pandemic.

Sure our area is hot and dry for much of the year, but the silver lining is that we have very few fungal diseases to deal with in the garden. I swear in Arkansas you cold hear fungi growing on tomatoes from the heat and humidity. (And on roses, too, but that's a different topic.

"The enemy of my enemy is my friend" holds true in entomology as well! The activity of natural enemies of pests (beneficial insects) is a key component of Integrated Pest Management in alfalfa to prevent pest resurgence and secondary pest outbreaks.