Ongoing research

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 .

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.

This week on In the Garden with UC Master Gardeners, MG and host Bill Brooks talks with fellow Master Gardener Pennie Louwers and President of the South Coast Plumeria Society Jacki Kamphuis about how to grow plumerias.

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.

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.

Lorrene Ritchie, director of the Nutrition Policy Institute and University of California, Agriculture and Natural Resources cooperative extension specialist, received the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior Platinum Author Recognition Award in June 2023.

California Central Coast growers and others now have help estimating costs and potential returns for growing lettuce and broccoli.

Success Growing and Caring for Citrus Trees, a Free Community Education Workshop, presented by Rodney Sakaguchi, a Fresno County Master Gardener this Saturday, Aug 12, 2023 from 10 am - 12 noon at UC Cooperative Extension Classroom at 2145 Wardrobe Ave, Merced.

Dear Colleagues, The California Department of Pesticide Regulation is soliciting both 1) Research proposals that will help advance integrated pest management (IPM) knowledge in agricultural, urban, and wildland settings; and 2) Alliance grant projects that promote or increase the implementation, exp...

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