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The Stanislaus Sprout: Article

Become a UCCE Master Gardener in 2024!

August 8, 2023
By Anne E Schellman
Are you interested in helping others and giving back to your community? Do you have a passion for gardening and volunteering? The Stanislaus County* UC Master Gardener Program is accepting applications for 2024.
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UC Weed Science (weed control, management, ecology, and minutia): Article

JOB ANNOUNCEMENT :: Agronomy Advisor (Applied Research and Extension)

August 8, 2023
By Gale Perez
Position: Agronomy Advisor Applied Research and Extension (AP#23-09) Location: This position will be headquartered in the UCCE Siskiyou County office in Yreka, CA. Closing date: August 31, 2023 Job Description: https://ucanr.
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UC Weed Science (weed control, management, ecology, and minutia): Article

EVENT :: Grapes and Olive Field Day

August 8, 2023
By Gale Perez
UC Cooperative Extension Lake & Mendocino Counties invite you to attend the Thursday, August 24, 2023 7:45 AM-1:00 PM Kelseyville, CA (see address for locations below) Please join us for the Lake-Mendocino Counties Grapes and Olive Field Day.
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photos by Nanelle Jones-Sullivan
Under the Solano Sun: Article

The Amazing Garden

August 8, 2023
Has this been an amazing spring or what? Everything is so full of promise in the garden, and we've been having one of those long springs .
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Centranthus ruber ( Red Valerian, Red Spur Valerian, Jupiter's Beard) by Ambersky235 is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0.
Under the Solano Sun: Article

What's Blooming Today

August 8, 2023
As I was driving around my old neighborhood I saw a splash of color that caught my eye and piqued my curiosity. As I kept driving I kept seeing this fuchsia colored flowering shrub. I immediately came home and identified it. It was Centranthus ruber, commonly known as Red Valerian or Spur Valerian.
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Fresno County 4-H: Article

August 2023 Guidelines

August 7, 2023
In This Edition 2- Committee & Council Mtgs. 2- New Council Officers 2- Whites Exchange 2- Purchase 4-H Uniforms 3- Project Leader Workshop 3- Military History Book Proj. 4- National 4-H Week 4- Livestock Proj.
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A fiery skipper, Hylephila phyleus, takes flight. The flower is the Mexican sunflower, Tithonia rotundifola. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

The Fiery Skipper Likes 'Places Where People Mow Lawns'

August 7, 2023
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Ah, the fiery skipper, Hylephila phyleus! They are, as UC Davis distinguished professor emeritus Art Shapiro says, "California's most urban butterfly." Shapiro, who has monitored the butterfly populations of Calfornia since 1972 and maintains a research website at https://butterfly.ucdavis.
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