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A year and a half ago, I decided to take out my scruffy grass in the front yard and replace it with low maintenance plants, drip irrigation, and landscaping materials. I designed the planted areas, and, after, much research, selected the plants and purchased them.

On Friday, January 12th, I hosted the annual SJC and Delta Field Crops Meeting in Stockton, CA. The presentations from that meeting have now been posted to my website and are available here.

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If you've been looking for that cabbage white butterfly in the three-area county of Sacramento, Yolo and Solano to win UC Davis Professor Art Shapiro's "Beer for a Butterfly" contest, there's still hope. Shapiro hasn't found it, either.

Interested in learning about Backyard Beekeeping in Orange County? The UCCE Master Gardeners of Orange County are presenting a class with an introduction and overview on beekeeping. The class will be presented on 2 different dates. Get More Information And Register Today.

By David Layland, U. C. Master Gardener of Napa County For gardeners like me, it's a dangerous time of year to walk through a nursery. It's bare-root cane berry season and there is so much to choose from.

After a dry beginning to the season wheat growers might be trying to decide how to proceed with their nitrogen fertility program.

Fruit Tree Winter Pruning Workshop By Kim McCue UCCE Master Gardener Pruning can actually be done throughout the year, depending on the plant and the desired result.

The success of a garden is normally identified by plentiful crops of tomatoes and squash or the beautiful display of vibrant thriving flowers, shrubs or trees. However, a school garden's true success is dependent on the rich experiences and education students receive.

The Ventura County Cattlemen's Association publicly thanked UC Cooperative Extension and other organizations for their support during the devastating wildfires of late 2017. In the space of 12 hours, the Thomas Fire ripped through vital grazing land that cattle rely on for their daily feed.