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If you have eucalyptus trees, you might have noticed white, crusty growth on the leaves. Or maybe you saw a sticky, blackened mess of fallen leaves under a eucalyptus tree. These are signs of the redgum lerp psyllid, one of the most common psyllid pests that damages eucalyptus trees in California.

Right outside of my kitchen window is a lacecap Hydrangea. It is 7 feet tall and at least 7-8 feet wide. Starting in the late spring it starts to bloom and by July the shrub is loaded with blossoms.

Kym Pokorny - Oregon State University Destructive Pest of Cherry, Grapes, Peaches, Blueberry, Fig and Lots of Other Fruit to Come Under Wasp Control? Corvallis, Ore.

Did you know there is a direct link between soil and climate change? How we treat the soil in our home gardens and landscapes can either contribute to global warming or help decrease the effects of climate change.

Our Master Gardener Coordinator forwarded a link to the Pollinator Party 2022. My daughter and I watched the classes with each being a little over one hour a day for 5 days. It is on YouTube now. These programs were presented by several power companies in the country.

From the CAPCA Adviser magazine :: June 2022 Whitney Brim-DeForest is a UCCE Rice and Wild Rice Advisor for Sutter, Yuba, Sacramento, and Placer Counties; Taiyu Guan is an Assistant Specialist in UCCE Sutter-Yuba Counties; Troy Clark is a Rice Junior Specialist for UCCE Butte County.

The deadline to RSVP for the Celebration of Life and Legacy for internationally known honey bee authority, Extension apiculturist Eric Mussen of the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, is Monday, Aug. 1. The memorial is set from 4 to 6 p.m., Sunday, Aug.

After a very long 7-year hiatus, University of California Cooperative Extension for Humboldt and Del Norte Counties offered training to certify new UCCE Master Gardeners.