Ongoing research

UC Davis distinguished professor Lynn Kimsey, director of the Bohart Museum of Entomology at the University of California, Davis, gets queries about two-headed butterflies.

I recently started taking a painting class out at The Jessel Gallery. It is a fabulous place if you ever have the chance to go! On this particular class, we were going to a pumpkin farm, which is run by the gallery owners husband. This trip sounded like so much fun.

Take a Fresh Look at CalFresh; Homemade Cinnamon Applesauce recipe.

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The UC Master Gardeners of Santa Barbara County invite you to join us for a free, online Garden Talk on Monday, November 6, 2023, at 7:00 p.m. UC Master Gardener Ken Falstrom will share a research-based presentation, Growing Garlic and Onions.

Find beauty not only in the thing itself but in the pattern of the shadows, the light and dark which that thing provides.---JunichiroTanizaki (1886-1965), Japanese author. The shadow knows, but what does it know? It knows to follow.

This issue includes: Upcoming Events- see several listed below Garden To-Do's for Oct and Nov by Pat Shay Please note this Friday, Oct 20, 2023 is the DUE DATE for: Applications for the Merced County Master Gardener Spring 2024 Training program are due Oct 20th, 2023.

Have you ever had plants so long that you almost stop noticing them? It's especially easy to do if they are low maintenance plants. My Pony Tail Palm, Beaucarnea recurvata, has lived on my covered front porch for over 30 years.

Today we'll learn about how truffles are being cultivated and then how to cook and enjoy them. UC Master Gardener Host Bill Brooks recently spent one hour with his expert guests located across the country via Zoom and the recording of the conversation is presented in our show today. Meet Dr.

If you've attended the annual UC Davis Picnic Day celebrations in Briggs Hall over the years, you probably met her, or asked questions about aquatic insects. "Her" is aquatic entomologist Sharon Lawler of the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, now a professor emerita.