Archive Nut, Prune and Olive Programs

Start your spring off tastily--Attend the Tea, Treats and Jam Making Class. It's at the end of this month, February 28, so it is coming up FAST.

Celebrity Chefs - A Good Example?

New Risk Assessments Just Posted for Invasive Weeds The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service ?recently posted Weed Risk Assessments for a dozen new weeds of concern. Eleven of the 12 are already documented in the West.

Recruitment for position of Viticulture Advisor The public is invited to attend See attached for more information...

Scraggly, overgrown and definitely neglected that's how I describe the two Japanese maple trees in my yard. Both the 3' weeping laceleaf in the front and the 10' upright in the back need pruning.

I've been thinking a bit about the adage if it's not broken, don't fix it. It makes perfect sense. The problem is that when something is working, it's easy to overlook the need to do preventative maintenance, much less consider what happens when that something breaks.

You never know where a praying mantis will deposit its egg case, the ootheca. In and around Vacaville, we've seen them on olive trees, honeysuckle vines, passionflower vines, and wooden stakes.

Book of the Month - Emily Dickinson's Gardening Life Ornamental Plant of the Month - Black Lace Elderberry Edible Plant of the Month - Rhubarb Recipe of the Month - Lamb and Sweet Pepper Ragu...

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On a crisp and clear morning late last year, around 20 volunteer firefighters, landowners and community members gathered on a plot of land outside of the small rural community of Kneeland in Humboldt County.