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In any single location, there are typically more earthworms and more earthworm species found in temperate regions than in the tropics. Global climate change could lead to significant shifts in earthworm communities worldwide, threatening the many functions they provide.

Advice for the Home Gardener from the Help Desk of the UC Master Gardeners Program of Contra Costa County Master Gardeners' Help Desk Request: I recently moved into a home in Clayton and am very fortunate to have inherited many beautiful perennials! One, in particular, has stumped me and I was hopin...

In this season of gratitude and giving, we at UC Agriculture and Natural Resources (UC ANR) would like to give thanks to everyone who has made a donation to UC ANR on Giving Tuesday over the past few years.

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After Black Friday and Cyber Monday, back-to-back days of deals, join us in kicking off the holiday giving season on Giving Tuesday! Giving Tuesday is a global day of giving back.

By Susanne von Rosenberg, UC Master Gardener of Napa County If you've ever bought gardening items from a catalog or website, odds are that you are starting to receive seed catalogs for 2020. Seed catalogs are awe-inspiring, kind of like a fitness magazine is for the average person.

Did you know that many landscape problems are not caused by either diseases or insects? In the majority of cases the culprits are poorly drained soils, irrigation issues, trees in too tight of quarters or improperly pruned, and other non-living (abiotic) maladies.

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If you missed enrolling in the Wax Working, Honey and Hive Products, a first-of-its-kind class offered Saturday, Dec. 7 by the Elina Nio lab at the University of California, Davis, you're in luck--but not until spring. The Dec. 7th class is sold out.

Lindcove Research and Extension Center recently held a gala event to kick off its fundraising campaign Sweetening the Future of Lindcove.