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Garden Notes: Article

Winter Landscape Chores: A Seasonal Guide

January 9, 2025
Winter, a season often associated with tranquility and hibernation, presents challenges for gardeners and landscape enthusiasts. While the garden may appear dormant, much must be done to ensure its health and vitality.
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Garden Notes: Article

Transforming Your Landscape: Part 3

January 9, 2025
As cooler weather finally arrives, bringing a refreshing break from our valley's scorching summer, it's a welcome shift for both us and our gardens.
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Kern County: Article

IMPORTANT CDFA NOTICE - PLEASE READ

January 9, 2025
Hello everyone, THIS MESSAGE IS VERY IMPORTANTPLEASE READ IT CAREFULLY AND IN FULL! Ive received some news that I was hoping not to hear, but I had a feeling it might be coming our way.
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Under the Solano Sun: Article

Foster Cactus Plants Back Home

January 9, 2025
In June, 2024, I wrote a blog about a magnificent old Prickly Pear Opuntia basilaris cactus garden located in the Pea Adobe Regional Park, just west of Vacaville, CA https://ucanr.edu/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=60014.
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Helen Dahlke studies groundwater recharge in a flooded almond orchard.
Green Blog: Article

Floods, droughts, then fires: Hydroclimate whiplash is speeding up globally

January 9, 2025
By Pamela S Kan-Rice
Key takeaways Hydroclimate whiplash rapid swings between intensely wet and dangerously dry weather has already increased globally due to climate change, with further large increases expected as warming continues, according to a team of researchers led by UC ANR's Daniel Swain.
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ANR News Releases: Article

UC wildfire expert: Lack of rain ‘primary factor’ in L.A. fires

January 8, 2025
By Pamela S Kan-Rice
Jan. 8 statement about wildfires in Southern California by Max Moritz, University of California Cooperative Extension statewide wildfire specialist based in Santa Barbara Santa Ana winds can be expected at this time of year, but this episode seems unusually strong.
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UC Davis entomology major Kaitai Liu chats with budding entomologist Eden Jett of Berkeley as she holds a walking stick. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

Bohart Museum Welcomes You to Next Open House

January 8, 2025
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
You can meet the scientists, examine the collections, look through microscopes, hold walking sticks, and participate in a family arts-and-crafts activity. Those are some of the activities planned at the Bohart Museum of Entomology open house on Saturday, Jan. 11 from 1 to 4 p.m.
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