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Carl Bell, University of California Cooperative Extension Regional Advisor on Invasive Plants, created a new blog on invasive plants in southern California.

Evaluating claims of new products that could potentially improve yield and tree health is a daunting task.

You like the taste of honey, right? How about A Taste of Mead and Honey? Thats even better! The UC Davis Honey and Pollination Center is planning a "Mid-Winter Beekeepers Feast: A Taste of Mead and Honey" on Saturday, Feb.

The registration site is now open for the 66th annual meeting of the California Weed Science Society (CWSS). This year, the meetign will be held January 22-24, 2014 at the Portola Hotel & Spa in Monterey, CA.

Oh, the fun-loving, sun-loving cosmos. A native of Mexico and a member of the sunflower family, Asteraceae, this plant brightens many a garden, attracting such pollinators as honey bees, bumble bees, sweat bees, hover flies and butterflies.

Historically if you wanted to know what soil type and the description for it, it was necessary to go to the library, NRCS office or Coop Extension office to find the soil survey.

If you like community gardens, then you'll want to visit the Avant Garden at the corner of First and D streets in Benicia. The Benicia Community Garden (BCG) signed a lease agreement in the fall of 2010 with Estey Real Estate to establish a downtown community garden.

Please fill out this short survey from researchers in UC San Diego. "We are conducting a short, 3-minute online survey in an effort to understand how different stakeholders perceive and define success in conservation.

Earlier this year, Lynn posted an explanation of herbicide modes of action and what that means for herbicide resistance management in orchards and vineyards. I thought to myself "Self, we should put this in a table so it would be easy to understand".

If you plant a bottlebrush in your yard, you'll experience a brush with kindness. This time of year there's not much food for honey bees to eat. Bottlebrush, in the genus Callistemon and family Myrtaceae, fits the bill. We captured this image Oct.