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We are thrilled to invite you to an event hosted by the Migratory Bird Conservation Partnership, where we will dive into conservation program opportunities available for growers like you.

In our Central Valley, spring through autumn seasons are generally getting hotter for longer periods of time and rainfall is fluctuating from year to year, with more years of drought likely.

As winter in California brings its mild chill, the landscape still bursts into life with vibrant flowers, leafy trees, and lush green plants of all kinds. Many of us have taken to our home gardens, nurturing peonies, daylilies, sunflowers, and roses.

In this section of my IPM/SPM Series I'd like to discuss a particular pest that we are all familiar with. Pest damage is not restricted to our gardens, they can also affect human well-being.

It's a tough time for beekeepers and almond growers during California's almond pollination season. There's a nationwide bee shortage, rapidly increasing hive thefts and often uncooperative weather.

UC MASTER GARDENER PROGRAM SANTA BARBARA COUNTY Online Garden Talk on: Growing Peppers March 3, 2025 | 7-8 pm Zoom Registration Flyer...

Join UC Master Gardeners in building a strawberry tower. Topics covered will be: Types of towers, Soil & soilless mixtures, Irrigation & fertiliztion, Constructing a tower & Nutritional deficiencies.

Holmes trae al programa 4-H de California una vida de servicio y tutora Al crecer en una regin rural de Alabama, Kimberly Sinclair Holmes la nueva directora estatal de 4-H California experiment de primera mano el valor perdurable de los programas de desarrollo juvenil en un ambiente de recursos li...

La tecnologa puede ahorrar tiempo a los ganaderos y beneficiar a los animales y tierras Despus que el incendio de Caldor destruyera miles de millas de cercado en su rancho ganadero en el 2021, Leisel Finley y su familia necesitaban reemplazarlo.