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Run, roaches run! Squirm, maggots, squirm! If you look behind the scenes of the entomological activities at the 108th annual UC Davis Picnic Day on Saturday, April 23 at Briggs Hall, you'll see a Department of Entomology and Nematology doctoral candidate coordinating everything from Roach Races to M...

Workshop: Developing & Marketing Successful Farm Stand and U-Pick Operations Tuesday May 3, 2022 9am-12pm Soul Food Farm, 6046 Peasants Valley Road, Vacaville REGISTER HERE For more details click HERE...

Do you have a few acres and either already have or want to add livestock? If so join UCCE for our seven-part Managing Land and Livestock on Small Acreage webinar series. Webinars will be each Wednesday from 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm, starting April 20 through June 1.

A new UC Riverside study shows it's not how much extra water you give your plants, but when you give it that counts. This is especially true near Palm Springs, where the research team created artificial rainfall to examine the effects on plants over the course of two years.

When stay-at-home orders went into place in March 2020, many of us took up newfound pastimes and reprioritized the tasks that filled our days.

In April, we celebrate National Volunteer Month and Week (April 17-23), honoring all of the contributions that volunteers make in our communities. All week long, the UC Master Gardener Program will feature stories of exceptional volunteers, or Gardeners with Heart, making a difference in California.

In April, we celebrate National Volunteer Month and Week (April 17-23), honoring all of the contributions that volunteers make in our communities.

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Hello From the Small Farm Program in San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara Counties! Kirsten Pearsons and Maria Orozco have recently joined the Small Farm Program in San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara Counties.

Ancient plants fascinate me. I've written about horsetails and magnolias for Seeds for Thought, the UCCE Master Gardeners newsletter of Solano Co., but it wasn't until I researched and wrote about ginkgo trees (Winter 2021, https://solanomg.ucanr.edu/newsletters/Seeds_for_Thought87791.pdf, pp.