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Visitors at the Bohart Museum of Entomology open house, themed "Weird and Wonderful Wasps," learned about wasps and other insects, crafted gall ghosts, and took selfies with Madagascar hissing cockroaches and stick insects. It was the first special event of the fall season.

This article is a follow-up to Testing Targeted Rotational Grazing for Ecological and Financial Benefits, which was published on this blog on July 7, 2021.

As the drought continues on the central coast, growers are trying to utilize water as efficiently as possible to produce their crops. Retaining and reusing sprinkler runoff, also referred to as tail water, can be an important strategy to increasing water conservation.

Reposted from UC ANR News Despite recent rains, fire remains a danger across California, as there's still plenty of time this fall for grass, woody debris and other flammable material to become dry and ignite.

They came to learn about wasps--"The Weird and Wonderful Wasps"--at the recent open house hosted by the Bohart Museum of Entomology, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology. They learned about such wasps as the Asian giant hornet (aka "murder hornets"), pteromalids, and fig wasps.

Chen named woody biomass and wood products advisor Cindy Chen joined UC Cooperative Extension Sept. 6 as a woody biomass and wood products advisor for the Central Sierra and Alpine and Mariposa counties.

The Rural County Representatives of California (RCRC), a service organization that champions policies on behalf of California's rural counties, held its annual meeting in Napa on Sept. 14-16. Vice President Glenda Humiston talked with Del Norte County Supervisor Chris Howard.

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Every year I try to plant something I haven't grown before. I skipped raising vegetables this year, but I planted some red abutilons that I bought on a whim so that I would still feel a little bit like a gardener in spite of taking the year off.

A lot of work has been put into monitoring the Brown Marmorated Stink Bug (BMSB), Halyomorpha halys (Hemitpera: Pentatomidae). It has been a major problem in many areas of the country, as well as California.