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The needs of the garden can easily lead to feeling overwhelmed. At one point or another, every aging gardener will feel the angst of not knowing where to begin. With each new season, there is the realization that what was managed last year may not be possible this year.

Wanted: the first bumble bee of the year in Yolo or Solano Counties! If you're the first to photograph one and email it to the Bohart Museum of Entomology you'll win the prize: a coffee cup designed with an image of the endangered Franklin's bumble bee.

The UC Davis Department of Nematology's winter quarter seminars will take place on Wednesdays at 4:10 p.m., beginning Jan. 5 and continuing through March 9, announced seminar coordinator and nematologist Shahid Siddique, assistant professor.

Agroecologist Randa Jabbour of the University of Wyoming will present the next UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology seminar, a virtual presentation set for 4:10 p.m., Wednesday Jan. 5.

Ready for the new year? The UC Davis Department of Nematology's winter quarter seminars will take place on Wednesdays at 4:10 p.m., beginning Jan. 5 and continuing through March 9, announced seminar coordinator and nematologist Shahid Siddique, assistant professor.

by Melody Kendall After working an hour or so doing some fall pruning in my garden, the song Oops I did it again' came to mind as I rushed into the house for a quick wash on my itching arms. It seems every time I work in my garden I forget that the gaillardia plant is a skin irritant.

December is a slow month in The Orchard, but there are still a couple of things going on, both related to the start of winter. First up, we have had several nights of frost as well as ice on the birdbaths. That means the citrus and avocado trees are at risk.

It's beginning to look a lot like...chrysalis. It didn't "look at all like chrysalis" this year in our pollinator garden in Vacaville, Calif. We spotted only one monarch--repeat, only one monarch--and it fluttered around and finally oviposited on our milkweed. The eggs vanished.

A group of local Master Gardeners have begun meeting each month to discuss a gardening-related non-fiction book.

From the Journal of Aquatic Plant ManagementSpecial Issue Vol. 59s 2021 John Miskella and John Madsen FULL ARTICLE Abstract Waterhyacinth [Eichhornia crassipes (Mart.) Solms)] is a perennial free-floating aquatic plant species native to the Amazon region of South America.