Archive Nut, Prune and Olive Programs

“Piense más en estar sano”.– Participante adulto, noviembre de 2024Con esta reflexión sencilla pero poderosa, un residente de Little Lake Village, un complejo de apartamentos para personas mayores en Santa Fe Springs, California, resume el impacto que han tenido las clases de nutrición ofrecidas por CalFresh…

Como parte de un esfuerzo colaborativo para promover estilos de vida más saludables entre adultos mayores, CalFresh Healthy Living/UCCE Los Ángeles se asoció con la Hope Through Housing Foundation para ofrecer clases de nutrición y bienestar en Oaks on Florence, una comunidad de vivienda asequible para…

While bringing firewood from home for your weekend camping trip may seem harmless, many invasive pests can hide in firewood and cause serious harm to California’s forests and urban landscapes. You can help limit the spread of these unwanted hitchhikers by collecting or buying firewood close to where you plan…

Remember friends, neighbors and shut-ins with extra produce and flowers from your garden.TasksConsider removing groundcovers, turfgrass or annual flowers from little-used garden areas such as parking strips, medians or lawn “islands.”Cover bare soil with a layer of mulch. This reduces weeds and helps the…

 If a bee takes a liking to a morning glory, is it a glory bee?Have you seen the Convolvulus tricoloris flower,  commonly known as "morning glory" or "bindweed"? The plant boasts a flared blue trumpet flower with a white throat and yellow center. The genus is Latin for "twine around." The …

Fire Followers – Plant and PollinatorSoon after the Fall 2024 fires in Ventura County we saw the hills starting to turn green, and dotted with white flowers – calystegia.  This is a common sight after fires in southern California, a land of frequent fires. It looks like bindweed and is called false…

Preserve It! Food on the counter for longer than two hours is potentially unsafe by UCCE Master Food Preserver of El Dorado County Laurie Lewis Whether you are serving a family meal or setting out food for that garden party or potluck, we want everyone to be safe. The memories of those meals should…