Archive Nut, Prune and Olive Programs

In This Edition: Fresno County 4-H Leaders Council & Committee Meetings, Pg. 2 World Ag. Expo, Pg. 2 CCLS (Community Club Leaders)-Need to Know, Pg. 2 Junior Camp Counselor Planning Meeting, Pg. 3 Fresno County 4-H CampRegistration, Pg. 3 Chaffee Zoo Ag Day Participation, Pg.

Tsetse fly expert Geoffrey Attardo, a medical entomologist and assistant professor with the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, is featured in a New York Times' article today (Feb. 12) on tsetse flies.

Contact: Jay Thomas: (408) 208-4728 or jay@bcrd.

Did you read the article in today's New York Times about tsetse flies and the scientists who research them? Totally fascinating.

Love Nature? Enjoy working with youth K-5th Grade? Have some time to spare this Spring & Fall?

It's almost spring. Once again, my plants are prey to slugs. Damp overcast yet warmer days provide the ideal environment for these slimy shell-less mollusks. Their stealth but obvious presence is unmistakable.

California agriculture saw significant gains in 2017, with the state's counties experiencing a 5.1% jump in total production value. The California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) says combined sales, excluding timber, totaled $59.57 billion.

By T. Eric Nightingale, UC Master Gardener of Napa County I have recently become interested in the plant family Aizoaceae. It is a positively huge family, consisting of many sub-families. The plants under the Aizoaceae umbrella are mostly of the low-lying, groundcover type.

Annual UCCE South Sacramento Valley Prune Meeting Co-sponsored by Sutter Co Ag Commissioners Office February 21, 2019 8:00 AM 12:30 PM followed by hosted lunch --Thanks to Sunsweet Growers Inc.-- Veterans Memorial Hall, 1425 Veterans Memorial Circle, Yuba City 2.0 hours PCA CE approved (0.5 L&R; 1.

Lemons for pie, cakes, cookies, seasoning, drinks, they are all good. Now is the time to take advantage of your backyard lemons, or ask and perhaps take advantage of someone else's back yard fruit. There is an alley I walk and down that alley is a Meyer Lemon tree that is just LOADED with fruit.