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The California Honey Festival helped take the sting out of the COVID-19 pandemic. After a two-year hiatus, the festival buzzed with life last Saturday, May 7 in downtown Woodland as visitors delighted in the bees, honey, music, food, arts and crafts, and children's activities.

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The Kern County Ag Commissioner and the Kern County Fire Department are hosting a training for livestock producers to qualify for a Livestock Pass. Date: May 17, 2022 Time: 8 AM - 12 PM Location: Kern County Fire Department Olive Drive Training Facility 5642 Victor St.

Although I'm familiar with bindweed from past experience, for some reason it had never put in an appearance in my West Bishop garden until three years ago.

Airblast 2022: Spray Application and Modeling Conference May 16-18, 2022 8 AM-3 PM Pacific Time each day Virtual event via Zoom - Registration is required to receive log-in info Registration: $20 per day / $60 for all three days Register Now! Objectives/Goals:A 3-day conference covering airblast pes...

by Melody Kendall This is the first post of several devoted to discussing garden pests, natural enemies, physical controls and finally pesticide information and uses. There are legions of invertebrate garden pests in the world that can wreak havoc in our landscapes.

-Jasmin Ramirez Bonilla, Masters student in Grettenberger lab, Department of Entomology and Nematology, UC Davis -Ian Grettenberger, UCCE Field and Vegetable Crops Entomology Specialist, Department of Entomology and Nematology, UC Davis -Amber Vinchesi-Vahl, UCCE Vegetable Crops Advisor, Colusa, Sut...

The first time I saw soldier fly larvae in my worm bin I did not know what they were other than maggots. I picked them out with a long tweezer and dropped them on the ground. My intention was to kill them when I was done.

Cooperative Extension agricultural specialist Ian Grettenberger of the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology has received a research grant from the California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) to study tadpole shrimp in rice.

Ornamental Plant of the Month Bees and Native Pollinators Edible Plant of the Month Basil Recipe of the Month Tandoori Chicken Water-wise tips Garden Guide Safety Notes UC ANR Giving Day May 19 & 20 All UC Master Gardener Program of Colusa County donations will be used for the Donna Critchfield Memo...