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The UC Master Gardeners of Santa Barbara County invite you to join us for a free, online Garden Talk on Monday, July 10, 2023, at 7pm. UC Master Gardeners Bill Morey, Marian Rusting and Janet Rogers will share a research-based presentation, Growing Berries.

A note from Kern County Entomology Advisor David Haviland, We are forewarned. The hills are drying up and after this rain, there could be a tide of False Chinch Bugs coming out of the hills.

I've long had Lotusland on my botanical garden must visit list and I finally made it there this spring. Lotusland is located in Montecito, near Santa Barbara.

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Introduction Have you ever walked through your roses and seen a hole in the emerging buds filled with a black gooey substance? Well, the tobacco budworm is at work, and yes, on your ROSES. The tobacco budworm is the larval form of the adult moth, Helioithis virescens (scientific name).

Hello there, little leafcutter bee! Yes, you, foraging on the sky-blue Chinese Forget-Me-Nots! You're just in time for National Pollinator Week! Leafcutter bees, family Megachilidae, are so named because the females cut leaves and petals (perfectly round holes!) to line their nests.

Multi-unit housing (MUH), such as apartment complexes and single-room occupancy (SRO) buildings, can harbor significant infestations of cockroaches, bed bugs, rodents, and other pests.