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Her name is Linda Genis. Mark and Linda will once again discuss some of the more frequent (HOT!) questions that came through the Master Gardener Hotline for this Winter 2018.

In case you missed it...we have a winner in the 2018 Beer-for-a-Butterfly Contest, sponsored by Art Shapiro, UC Davis distinguished professor of evolution and ecology. And the winner isdrumrollArt Shapiro.

On Feb. 6, Human Resources and Staff Assembly will host an online town hall with Vice President Glenda Humiston to discuss the results of the Staff Engagement Survey. The town hall will focus on three main areas raised in the survey: change management, performance management, and wellness.

On Feb. 6, Human Resources and Staff Assembly will host an online town hall with Vice President Glenda Humiston to discuss the results of the Staff Engagement Survey. The town hall will focus on three main areas raised in the survey: change management, performance management and wellness.

Lavender By Lee Oliphant UCCE Master Gardener Spanish Lavender Lavandula stoechas Planting zone: hardy in zones 7 to 9. Size: grows to 3 feet in height and width. Bloom season: spring to fall. Exposure: full sun. Pruning needs: deadheading spent blooms will prolong blooming season.

Garlic and kale are two popular vegetables with many health benefits. As a gardener, you can be harvesting kale right now, with kale being a winter grown veggie. Garlic, as anyone who's driven through Gilroy, California in June and July will know, is a summertime vegetable.

I visited an onion field where I saw this interesting emergence pattern with annual bluegrass (Poa annua L.). Onion beds are listed in east-west orientation (as seen in pictures). We can see annual bluegrass emergence only on the south facing slopes and none on bed-tops or north facing slopes.

Can plants typically grown for hedgerows also be a source of income? That's the question guiding a new UC study on the potential for farmers to grow elderberries as a commercial crop.

Unlike mosquitoes, spiders do not seek people in order to bite them. Generally, a spider doesn't try to bite a person unless it has been squeezed, lain on, or similarly provoked to defend itself.

Welcome Rains Begin Bringing On Natures Bounty So Thankful Are We...