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Seal of IPM - a practical and sustainable crop production system Arthropod pests or diseases cause a variety of damages to crops.

If you're missing the warmth of summer and watching butterflies flutter around your garden, sometimes it's good to back pedal. We were looking through our zinnia photos today and came across a Gulf Fritillary (Agraulis vanillae) spreading its wings on two different zinnias.

Do you have tumbleweed on your ranch? Do you want to know how to get rid of it? Elise Gornish is a UCCE Restoration Specialist who works out of UC Davis. She will come down to the Central Coast to do a research project on how to control tumbleweed (Salsola ssp.), also known as Russian thistle.

It is that time of year and we should be alert to threat of freezing weather and damage to trees. Last winter was one of the warmest on record, but there was still a sneak cold blast around the New Year that caused some problems in some areas.

It's definitely one of a kind. If you gift this to a family, friend or yourself, no one can ever take it away. It can't be stolen, damaged or lost. You'll never wear it out. It will never go out of fashion. It will always be considered special, creative, generous and thoughtful.

There's been a lot of talk lately about rosemary. Sniff the fragrance of the herb and it will improve your memory. That's what's being said.

http://ucanr.edu/articlefeedback Tomato bug on a tomato plant.

Micro-sprinklers in strawberries. Photo by Surendra Dara Strawberry is an important commercial crop in California primarily grown on the Central Coast in Watsonville, Santa Maria, and Oxnard production areas.

The thing about walking sticks is that they walk. They don't skip, run, or gallop. They walk. And they look just like the twigs from their habitat.

Without a doubt the borers, PSHB and KSHB are going to hurt avocado production, but there are some California native and landscape trees that are also going to get hammered, like unto death.