Ongoing research

an plants help cool our urban heat islands and mitigate impacts of climate change in our inland cities? I've been interested in measuring the temperatures of living and non-living surfaces for some time.

I don't know how many of you take the Daily Republic, but my mom and I still do. In a Friday issue before Mothers' Day, there was an article about a newer variety of Monarda that looked like lacy flowers.

Common Name: Hummingbird Sage, Pitcher Sage Planting Zone: Sunset 7-9, 14-24 Size: 1-2 ft.

When you're a honey bee and you're packing pollen and approaching your landing--an artichoke thistle--it's a good idea to clean your proboscis (tongue) first. Caught in flight: a honey bee doing a little grooming.

Recent changes in CDC and CDPH guidance and some County Public Health Orders have required a reassessment of UC ANR's Mask Protocol.

After three years of limited hiring due to budget constraints, Vice President Glenda Humiston announced the release of 10 UC Cooperative Extension positions for recruitment.

Alli Rowe-Fish and Ben Faber Cover crops offer an important opportunity to build soil health in avocado orchards. A cover crop is a crop seeded or encouraged as natural plant cover as an investment in soil fertility and not as a cash crop.

Elderberry By Jutta Thoerner UCCE Master Gardener Sambucus nigra subspecies caerulea syn. Sambucus mexican Size of tree: 10-25 feet high and wide. PH: 5-9, will tolerate alkaline soils USDA hardy zone: 6-10 Bloom description and season: flat topped clusters of tiny, creamy-white flowers.

It's an exasperating experience. You go to the nursery, pick out a flowering plant, shrub, or tree and bring it home only to have some critter damage or destroy it within the first week. Pests cause damage and waste time and money.

I am heading out on vacation tomorrow. That means I spent much of the week trying to check things off the list that aren't due until early August.