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UC Cooperative Extension will host the SJC and Delta Field Crops Meeting on Thursday, January 12, 2023 from 8:00am to 11:30am. The meeting location is the Cabral Agricultural Center in Stockton (2101 E. Earhart Ave., Stockton, CA 95206).

UC Davis doctoral candidate Charlotte Herbert Alberts, who recently published the first chapter of her dissertation on a new species of assassin (robber) flies in ZooKeys, knows what it's like to juggle multiple roles of responsibility. She's been there. She's doing that.

Jujube By Jutta Thoerner UCCE Master Gardener Plants we Love: Jujube Ziziphus jujuba Tree size: 16 ft - 39 ft high Bloom season: blossoms are 1/5 inch wide with 5 yellowish- green petals; blooms in spring to early summer. Pruning needs: prune only to manage overall height. Exposure: full sun.

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Sruthi Sudarsan of Alameda County was named the winner of the 2023 4-H Youth in Action Civic Engagement Pillar Award for her diligent work to provide medical and hygiene supplies and educational services to underprivileged communities in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Life in an ant colony is a symphony of subtle interactions between insects acting in concert, more like cells in tissue than independent organisms bunking in a colony.

There are very few true-blue flowers to choose from in the cutting garden that do well in floral design. There is iris, bachelor's button, delphinium, hydrangea and thistle to name a few. All these flowers offer certain characteristics and have certain looks and uses to design with.

Now that we're finally getting some rain, don't let it fall off your house, down your gutters and into the storm drain. Catch some of it and use it in your garden. I do two things to catch rainwater. I have eight swales, which are open ditches that are closed at each end.

Conventional processing tomato weed management in California often includes pre-plant herbicides (trifluralin and/or s-metolachlor), followed by cultivation, and hand hoeing. Rimsulfuron herbicide can also be used in conventional systems and can be applied either pre or post transplanting.

Mark your calendars! The 12th annual UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day, billed as "A Day to Celebrate Science," is set for Saturday, Feb. 18. Traditionally held during Presidents' Day Weekend, the event is free and family friendly. Parking is also free.