By Penny Pawl, UC Master Gardener of Napa County Ceanothus is ideal for use in our Napa Valley gardens. The plant is native to California and very drought-tolerant once established. There are almost 50 species in our state and most are evergreen. It blooms all summer with lilac-like blossoms.
"Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee." Early in his career, the late heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali (1942-2016) drew international headlines when he uttered that remark before his 1964 fight with then champion Sonny Liston.
Dear members of the Monterey County 4-H Leaders Council, On Tuesday, July 20th, the 4-H Leaders Council will hold its monthly meeting at 7pm. The location will be at the Spreckels Veterans Memorial Building, 90 fifth Street. This is an in-person meeting.
CLICK HERE to view the Special Drought Edition July 2021 issue of the Golden State Dairy Newsletter!!! In this issue: Every Drop Counts Sorghum-Deficit Irrigation Corn Irrigation Strategies Culling Decisions Nitrate in Forages Cooling Cows...
The following is a pest rating proposal by Kyle Beucke (CDFA) with some photographs by Martin Hauser (CDFA) and Iain MacGowan: On June 10, 2021, a resident in Pasadena (Los Angeles County) submitted a fig with pupae to county agricultural personnel.
On Thursday, July 8, Governor Gavin Newsom asked California residents to cut back their water usage by 15%. Butte County is among the 50 California counties (out of a total of 58 counties) now included in Newsom's declaration of drought emergency.
Gotta love that Gray Hairstreak. If you don't like putting "gray" and "hair" in the same sentence, not to worry. This is the butterfly, Strymon melinus. When the it's hanging around a Mexican sunflower, Tithonia rotundifola, the orange spots on its tail accent the color of the flower.
Two UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology faculty members are now full professors, and a third faculty member has achieved tenure as associate professor.
