Ongoing research

Save your warm season harvest and listen to next week (Sep 14th) when we talk about preserving your bounty! Learn more and listen to "In The Garden" radio show podcasts.

The opportunity to learn more about new and current trials evaluating mulch technologies, including soil-biodegradable mulches and ag plastic recycling, is coming our way next week on Tuesday, Sept 12.

The California Department of Food and Agriculture's (CDFA) Urban Agriculture Grant Program, 2023 is an exclusive and competitive funding opportunity designed to support and elevate agriculture in urban areas across California.

Get ready for an exciting adventure in the new 4-H program year! Join us as we explore 4-H through project learning, friendships, leadership, and fun. Stay tuned for upcoming events, projects, and opportunities to make a positive impact in your community.

In Spring of 2022, UC ANR launched its first Post-Fire Resilience Workshop. Since 2022, the workshop has traveled to Alpine, El Dorado, Plumas, Mariposa, Fresno, Madera, and Napa counties, and has reached 97 participants.

Last winter's storms were unprecedented. The volume and intensity of rainfall turned creeks and streams into rushing torrents that overflowed their banks and flooded nearby areas. Gutters and drains couldn't handle the flow and turned streets into virtual canals.

We are currently updating our UC ANR Strategic Vision. We kicked-off the conversation at the April 2023 UC ANR Statewide Conference, and that then informed the development of the strategic visioning survey that is currently open.

Back in July 2023, we wrote a Bug Squad blog about a feral bee colony inside a cavity of a sycamore tree on the UC Davis campus. The triple-digit temperatures resulted in bee bearding.

I had been looking for a way to both encourage a love for gardening, and to strengthen the bond with my long-distance bonus grandchildren in Oregon. I had given them gardening tools a year ago, and had recently found some cute animal shaped watering cans.

In this issue: Red Imported Fire Ants, UC Master Gardeners Transforming Education in Placer County, Garden Ghoulishness II, All-Star: Winter Honeysuckle, Unusual Edible: Wapato, BotLat: Plant Names, Creating Defensible Space: Quick Tip on Shrub Maintenance, Kids Korner: Pine Cone Bird Feeder, Abiotic Plant…