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Since apples are available in stores year-round, it's easy to forget that their peak season is in the Autumn but nothing announces the arrival of Fall quite like a crisp apple.

I started growing milkweed a few years ago when I heard about declining numbers of Monarch butterflies. I planted Narrow-leaf Milkweed or Asclepias fasicularis, a California native. This plant is a perennial that dies back every winter but comes back in spring.

The circadian clocks of plants and pollinators... The exciting research of Professor Takato Imaizumi of the University of Washington.

Are you looking for new ways to market your livestock or other products from your ranch?

Upcoming ?eld day General Notes Jan 26 - 28, 2020. 58th National Sweet Potato Convention at the Renaissance Nashville Hotel.

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Costs vs. Benefits: The Economics of Using Livestock Guardian Dogs Smutgrass: Growing Problem on Irrigated Pasture Blue Oak Mortality on Foothill Rangelands Preparing your Cow Herd for Breeding Is Your Farm or Ranch a Business? Upcoming workshop: "So you want to start a farm or ranch...

Sourdough By Sarah Arana UCCE Master Food Preserver I want to make homemade sourdough bread for the holidays, but it's so intimidating. How hard is it to make a sourdough starter? Evelyn B.

Similar to the disease survey we did last month, UC Cooperative Extension will be surveying rice weeds this fall.