Archive Nut, Prune and Olive Programs

On February 9th, UC Davis Hydrology Professor Dr. Gregory Pasternack brought 13 lucky students from his Field Methods in Hydrology class to explore one of the watersheds here at Sierra Foothill Research & Extension Center. In his 21st and likely final year teaching this course, Dr.

Sea Lavender By Jackie Woods UCCE Master Gardener Sea Lavender, Seafoam Statice Limonium perezii Planting Areas:Courtyards, rock gardens, flower beds; grows well in seaside conditions. Size: flower stalks to 2-3 feet; foliage up to 18 inches tall.

37th Annual Landscape Management Seminar Wednesday, February 27, 2019 Hodel's - Begins at 7:30am...

On February 23, I went to the State Avian Bowl Qualifier in Fresno with my team to represent Ventura County. Our team name was the Bird Nerds. Our team included Scarlet James, our Captain, Olivia Willoughby, and myself, Sammy Belik.

It's time, again, to start the weekend yard work routine. I spent a small part of the time this weekend weeding but didn't come close to catching up with all that somehow grew since Thanksgiving.

February 22, 2019 Brady and his brother, Riley Holder, farmers in Laton, CA in California's San Joaquin Valley, came out to Five Points where they visited the NRI Project fields as part of CASI's Friday soil tour program and they also sat down with CASI's Jeff Mitchell to plan their application for...

Dear 4-H Families, Since 2015, the University of California Cooperative Extension, 4-H Youth Development Program in San Benito County has partnered with the Hollister Youth Alliance to implement the 4-H Tech Wizards Program, which uses science as a tool for youth 15 years and older to mentor younger...

Paicines Ranch machinery experts visit NRI Project field in Five Points! February 22, 2019 Machinery experts, Ky Cooper and Marc Luff of Paicines Ranch, visited CASI's NRI Project field in Five Points and examined a number of Workgroup pieces of equipment as part of the Friday open house soil tour s...

A dozen dark shapes silhouetted in the dawn tracery of our Chinese tallow tree.[1] As usual a few flickers[2] yanking fruits but what are those smaller? Robins![3] The first sign of spring in January already. Exhilarating but one of those endless clichs.

Over the last 100 million years, native species shaped our ecosystems. Now, farmers bring in non-native honeybee hives by the truckload to pollinate hectares of non-native crops. And the honeybees could be affecting how native bees do their job. In a 2013 study, Lucas A.