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It may be cold and gloomy outside, but I already have spring on my mind. I am getting ready for my spring and summer vegetable garden by starting seeds indoors. The first step is planning. What do you want to grow? Make a list of veggies you would like to grow.

If you hate wasps, and brush them off as just "uninvited guests at my picnic," take another look. For one, they're pollinators. Two, they're great predators, contributing to the biocontrol of such lepidopteran pests as cabbageworms (larva of cabbage white butterflies).

The answer is YES! And it is easy! If you prune, your rose flower bushes will Be larger Have more flowers Will be more balanced and fuller And the health of your plant improved! Most roses need to be pruned only once a year.

Bletilla striata, or Chinese ground orchid, is an easy-to-grow terrestrial orchid that performs exceptionally well in our area.

More than twenty thousand years ago, a major ice age spread across the northern latitudes of North America, Europe, and Asia and all the earthworms died. For millennia, these regions had no earthworms.

Upcoming Principles of Fruit & Nut Course Winter Sanitation Irrigation Considerations Prune Brownline Disease Alert...

Recently I [Matt] had a chance to interview 4-H youth member Corea who is also this year's 4-H county ambassador and club president for Dry Creek in Placer County. The following are Corea's responses to my questions.

They crawl, they fly, they flutter, they buzz. They look at us, and we look back. But if you're Larry Snyder of Davis, an insect photographer and a retired musician, you not only look back, but you take their images.

Social wasp expert Lynn Kimsey, UC Davis distinguished professor of entomology and director of the Bohart Museum of Entomology, will be featured at the next Bohart open house, set for 1 to 4 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 20, in Room 1124 of the Academic Surge Building, 455 Crocker Lane, UC Davis campus.

From Youth to Competent Adults: The Long-Term Outcomes of 4-H Participating in the 4-H Youth Development Program can be rewarding for youth in many ways. Often youth participate in programs or projects which help them cultivate new skills or gain confidence while having fun.