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Napa Master Gardener Column: Article

Potting soils

June 8, 2024
It's that time of year when lots of potting and repotting is going on. I was potting some seedlings a few days ago when I had started in seedling mix. Seedling mix is good for seedlings, because it is sterile, drains well and the seeds can readily make new roots.
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Healthy Communities Blog: Article

Youth invited to Mustang Camp in Lassen County June 28-29

June 7, 2024
By Pamela S Kan-Rice
UC Cooperative Extension in Modoc County is partnering with Utah State University to offer a mustang camp for California youth ages 9 to 19. The 4-H Mustang Camp, sponsored by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management, will be held on June 28-29.
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Red, yellow, orange, green and white pumpkins of all shapes and sizes set on hay bales.
The Stanislaus Sprout: Article

It's time to plant pumpkins!

June 7, 2024
By Anne E Schellman
It's not too late to plant pumpkins! If you plant them now, you'll have pumpkins ready in time for Halloween and Thanksgiving. It takes 95-110 days for a pumpkin to go from seed to fruit, depending on the variety. Although many gardeners plant pumpkin seeds in May, you can also plant them in June.
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UC Master Gardener Program Statewide Blog: Article

June Garden Tips – Keeping Up with the Busy Garden

June 7, 2024
By Barbra Braaten
Summer has arrived, bringing with it busier days and rising temperatures. Managing irrigation is quickly becoming the most critical task in the garden as the heat increases.
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A sweat bee, genus Halictus, sailing over a Coreopsis in a Vacaville pollinator garden. June is National Pollinator Month. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

It's Pollinator Month: No Sweat?

June 7, 2024
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
In the sweltering heat of Solano County (100 degrees) during National Pollinator Month, how about an image of a sweat bee, genus Halictus, a tiny bee that's often overlooked in the world of pollinators. It's a social bee that nests in the soil.
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Conservation Agriculture: Article

CASI’s Mitchell announces long-term NRI Project publication in Cal Ag on Don York’s KMJ580 AM morning “Ag Report” radio program, May 23, June 4, and June 6, 2024

June 7, 2024
By Jeffrey P Mitchell
In an effort to extend information on CASI's twenty-year conservation agriculture study that has been conducted at the University field station in Five Points, CA and that has been recently published in the journal, California Agriculture, Jeff Mitchell provided three radio interviews on the morning...
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