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It may be after Labor Day, but some of your plants may still be wearing white, breaking that long-standing fashion rule! While many of us don't adhere to this old rule for our wardrobes these days, you may care about white stuff on your plants this time of year.

In this issue: Wolf pack identified in Tulare County - Non-lethal predator protection tools Buying Livestock Drugs in California Vesicular Stomatitis Virus Neospora in Cattle Mushroom Poisonings - A Danger to Cattle?

Like many of you, I have been a walking sneeze these past couple weeks.

Here is the information we just sent out to our Public Newsletter subscribers. We're sharing this with our Master Gardener mailing list, so you can share with interested friends and family.

Here are some of the topics covered in this newsletter: Sep (and Aug) Gardening Tips Now accepting applications for the 2024 Master Gardener Training Program. Want to learn more? Attend a free program information sessions on Sat, Sep 9 and Sat, Sep 23 after the workshops those days.

We hope you had a happy and healthy Labor Day weekend. While the COVID-19 pandemic officially ended months ago, the virus is and will continue to be present in our communities.

The summer of 2023 brought a burst of creativity within the UC Master Gardener Program, as volunteers across California have submitted their best shots to this year's Photo Contest.

UC Davis distinguished professor Walter Leal is a newly elected trustee of the Royal Entomological Society (RES), the 13-member council that governs the 190-year-old international organization. He is the first UC Davis scientist to be elected a trustee.

An Anise Swallowtail, Papilio zelicaon, settles on a red zinnia in a Vacaville pollinator garden and begins sipping the nectar. A honey bee buzzes by. Was she just passing through or did she want the same nectar? The bee brushes the butterfly's wings. Okay! I'm leaving! Score: Bee, 1; butterfly 0.