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Planning and Planting the Small Orchard Block February 23-26, 2023 Course Overview This new short course will offer a wealth of information from orchard expert, Orin Martin, long-time manager of the Alan Chadwick Garden and instructor at the UC Santa Cruz Center for Agroecology.

Are you noticing that the leaves on your citrus trees are looking yellow, and wondering if now is the time to fertilize? We have some answers for you. Should You Fertilize Now? First of all, don't be too worried about the yellow leaves.

by Melody Kendall We finally have received much needed rain. Working outside when it is raining isn't an option for me, but I work inside prepping and cleaning my garden implements. The wet rainy season is the perfect time to get my garden workmates back to their optimum. First, I do an inventory.

As you may know Glassy-winged Sharpshooter (GWSS) was found in the Browns Valley Neighborhood of Vacaville in October of 2021.

It's the New Year and a gardener's thoughts naturally turn to planning new and interesting plants. For those of us living on California's Central Coast, the mild climate and long growing season supports a wide variety of vegetation.

The other day I as was walking down my hall during the middle of the day, I saw a strange creature crawling across the hall. What was a millipede doing in my house? The creature had to climb nine steps and come through the kitchen and a few doors to get to my hall.

The beetles are coming! The beetles are coming! From boring beetles to burying beetles...and beetles from Belize and more... And you're invited. The Bohart Museum of Entomology is hosting an open house, themed "Beetles," from 1 to 4 p.m., Sunday, Jan.

Recently, our Stanislaus County Master Gardener Program Help Line has received calls about citrus trees.

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A Cal Fire display of bark beetles and a children's activity by Project Learning Tree California are among the newly announced additions to the Bohart Museum of Entomology's open house on beetles, set from 1 to 4 p.m., Sunday, Jan.