Ongoing research

A few weeks ago, I was at Napa Valley College, near the theatre. I noticed some attractive, rounded, leafy shrubs covered with red flowers--in November! As I drew closer, I saw that the shrubs were actually covered with beautiful red pomegranates.

As the predominantly red-and-green holiday season draws to a close, and the year crawls to an end, it's time to "bee in the pink." Pink? Yes, "in the pink." Skip the red. Ignore the green. Think "in the pink.

He quipped that he was "going to cover 40 years of science in 40 minutes.

A new caterpillar was found this fall on alfalfa in the Palo Verde Valley of California and several other alfalfa growing areas of western Arizona.

I was asked by a newsletter to which I contribute for a few remarks on coming 2023; thought they might be worth sharing here too: Get ready for a more muscular and responsive UC Cooperative Extension.

"Life starts all over again when it gets crisp in the fall" F.

The reach of The Nature Conservancy (TNC) is global, with projects that range from pristine habitat preservation in Equatorial Africa to promoting regenerative agriculture in Northwest India to protecting old growth forests in Clayoquot Sound in British Columbia.

Recently we received notification about the national broadband challenge. Thank you, Andy Lyons, for putting together a brief summary of the broadband challenge and WHY each of us should participate. We all know internet access is a requirement to be successful in business and life.

You may learn about ideas such as turf replacement, bioswales, and drip irrigation also. Even if you don't live in the IRWD, Juan's advice and references to the IRWD water saving resources may be better than what your own water district provides.

What are you doing on New Year's Day? Well, weather permitting, you can begin searching for the first bumble bee of the year in the two-county area of Yolo and Solano. If you photograph it and you are judged the winner, a prize awaits you--in addition to bragging rights.