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Dandelion When true Spring finally envelops us, weeds pop up. Weed is an interesting word. It conjures up the negative but also the positive aspects of plants that have developed reproductive systems which disperse seeds by the thousands.

Your favorite, trusty garden shovel and trowel have been very well used through the years. Although now, they are beginning to get a little rusty, bent, scratched up, giving you slivers and maybe even broken in two.

Most of us on the mature side of 40 have heard of Carol Burnett, that witty American actress, singer, writer, and comedian of the last 60 years. One of my favorites and truly a great entertainer, she could make you smile or laugh without foul language or distasteful innuendos.

Nutrition Policy Institute researchers will present their collaborative research findings at the American Society for Nutrition, Nutrition 2023 annual conference in-person in Boston, Mass.

Congratulations to the UC Master Gardener Program of Riverside County on winning first place in the 2023 UC Master Gardener Search for Excellence competition.

This is just a reminder that we will be having the Moringa Roundtable, tomorrow, July 18, 2023 from 9:00 am to 11:00 am. Please see attached Flyer & Agenda for the upcoming Moringa Roundtable. For more information, please contact Brooke at bclatack@ucanr.edu.

Join us for Fusarium wilt of lettuce cultivar trial field day, being held on July 28!...

Happy Thursday All, I am excited beyond words to have joined UCANR. The opportunity to serve along with so many talented and committed people is far beyond what I thought what I would ever have the chance to do. I am honored to be included with you as we serve the people of California.

Several ideas passed by me on the way to this blog: comments about the weather lately; comments on a blog that I read on the Garden Professors an excellent blog written by various experts in horticulture; or, just complaining about the wind here in Suisun City and my about-to-bloom peony.

When it came time to replace the landscaping in front of our Napa home, California was in drought conditions. We had long ago replaced our lawn with decomposed granite so the project at hand was to replace plants and shrubs that had outlived their usefulness.