As the year deepens into fall and my cut flowers and vegetables die back, I appreciate the colorful red, white, and yellow flags of the Ipomoea lobota (formerly Mina lobota), the exotic love vine. Wait . . .
It's Wednesday afternoon, Nov. 1 and a female monarch butterfly flutters into our Vacaville pollinator garden. Me: "Welcome Ms. Monarch! Aren't you a little late for the migration?" Ms. Monarch: "No, I'm just a late bloomer,. so to speak.
Transgenic Citrus Studies Progressing Spray pesticides? Inject antibiotics? CUPS? Or? The search for solutions to HLB has gone on for nearly two decades.
Overview Three years of data indicate that liquid-injected biosolids-based fertilizers (LBF, using 'Lystegro' from Lystek) are a viable alternative to conventional forms of nitrogen (N) fertilizer on a total N basis in wheat rotations in the southern Sacramento Valley.
If you attended the Bohart Museum of Entomology's private party, hosted by the Bohart Museum Society for its members and friends, you witnessed a praying mantis, a dragonfly, a honeybee, a monarch butterfly and a horse fly all getting along fabulously.
Cousin Itt Acacia By Andrea Peck UCCE Master Gardener Common name of plant: 'Cousin Itt' Acacia Scientific name: Acacia cognata Planting area: USDA Zones 9-11 Size: 3' tall x 3' wide Growth season: Evergreen Exposure: Full to partial sun Pruning needs: Low Water needs: Low Snapshot: No need for Hall...
