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If it takes a village to raise a child, it takes a colony of honey bees to show us how to divide the labor and work well together. And if you're part of the UC Davis-based California Master Beekeeper Program (CAMBP), it takes a lot of worker bees from all facets to succeed.

"The Bee Team is really "The A Team.

Dear members of the Monterey County 4-H Leaders Council, 4-H Leaders Council meeting scheduled for September 19th has been postponed due to scheduling conflicts. An alternative date will be issued when more information becomes available.

In this issue: Planting tomatoes into old walnut ground Tomato spotted wilt virus in the north: increased incidence, unusual symptoms Updated processing tomato cost study Equipment sanitation field day summary Southern blight Seeking collaborators for broomrape research Seeking input on Yolo County...

In this issue: New vegetable crops adviser introduction N management in a wet spring Broomrape updates Had to work a wet field?

Promoting Healthy Eating & Physical Activity in the Classroom...

Recently I had a chance to interview John and Cindy McIntosh, long-time 4-H volunteers in Nevada county who also ran our Placer-Nevada summer camp this past year. The following are their responses to my questions.

So what causes these wounds on leaves and fruit on lemons? Corky, sunken blisters on the leaves. Small divots in the fruit. Some of the spots had halos around them, but most not. That would indicate an infection of some sort. It was showing up in a large orchard near Santa Paula.

Butte County has a Mediterranean climate where drought conditions occur naturally from May to October. A wide variety of succulent plants have become popular across the country in recent years, and our local gardeners are no exception.

In January 2022, when pruning back a hybrid Fuchsia Angel's Earrings,' I was startled to discover a strange plant sharing its pot. The fuchsia had lived in our Suisun City yard since I bought it at the San Francisco Botanical Garden over a decade ago.