Ongoing research

Melody Kendall One definition for a weed is a plant that is growing where you don't want it. Typically, weeds get a bad rap. These plants are very efficient and perfectly comfortable in their favored locations with their heightened water absorption and seed dispersal abilities.

By Cindy Watter, UC Master Gardener of Napa County One day recently, while I was standing in my yard, a passerby asked me if the lemons on my tree were real. The gentleman was a tourist, and he doesn't see lemons adorning trees in January in Minnesota.

No doubt you've seen a praying mantis egg case, or ootheca, on a tree, shrub, fence or post. But have you ever seen one attached to a clothespin on an outdoor clothes line? So here we were Thursday afternoon, hanging freshly laundered dog blankets on the clothes line.

Raptors are birds of prey that hunt and feed on vertebrates. The term encompasses a group of birds consisting of hawks, owls, eagles, kites, falcons, and vultures. Because of their acute eyesight, strong beaks, and powerful feet with hooked talons, raptors are effective hunters.

With the onset of spring, the pace of activity in the Edible Demonstration Garden has picked up. Its time for planning the edibles to grow this spring and summer, preparing the garden beds, and sowing the seeds...

IGIS was pleased to attend an excellent Forest and Shrubland LiDAR Derived Products Workshop jointly held by the California Natural Resources Agency (CNRA) and California Department of Conservation (DOC), on March 17th.

International doctoral student Ziad Khouri, who studies with major professor, UC Davis distinguished professor Lynn Kimsey, will share his research on mammoth wasps, the scoliid wasps, at a seminar hosted by the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology on Wednesday, March 30.

All About Tomatoes workshop Saturday March 26, 10 to noon Education Villiage, 499 Marguerite Williams, Ca...

Lockeford Plant Materials Center Cover Crop and Soil Health Field Day April 6, 2022 - 10 -12pm Agenda Fava Bean Advantages in Cover Crop Mixes Hossein Zackeri, Chico State Cover Crop performance for the Central Valley - Tom Johnson, Kamprath Seed Conservation Cover Study Perennial planting for orc...

I invite you to travel back in time with me - clear back to late October 2021! We'd measured more than 10 inches of rain in Auburn, and we could see the first green shoots of grass emerging through the dry forage.