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Los Naturalistas
California Naturalist: Article

¡Los Naturalistas!

February 1, 2021
By Eliot T Freutel
Southern California Mountains Foundation Urban Conservation Corps receive the Corps Network's Project of the Year Award.
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LANDSCAPE LUSH: Article

Free Webinar

February 1, 2021
Click the link below for the flyer which has more info and the link to register.
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Dried Fruit February
Healthy Central Sierra: Article

February's Harvest of the Month: Dried Fruit

February 1, 2021
In February fresh produce is not as abundant as other months of the year, particularly fresh fruit. But this is an excellent time to embrace the many different types of dried fruits that are available throughout the whole year.
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Creeping Bentgrass Growing
Under the Solano Sun: Article

Bermuda Not a Vacation

February 1, 2021
Bermuda Is it a vacation place or a weed in your yard? Cynodon dactylon better known as Bermudagrass, wiregrass, devilgrass, dogstooth grass and/or the grass from H-E- double-L. Bermuda is often confused as bentgrass or crabgrass.
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“If it’s growing close to your house, there’s a potential it could send its rhizomes and break through your foundation,” says Jatinder Aulakh, an assistant weed scientist at the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station. Photo from Japanese Knotweed Solutions, Ltd.
UC Weed Science (weed control, management, ecology, and minutia): Article

Oh, No, Not Knotweed!

February 1, 2021
By Gale Perez
Thanks to our friend at Cornell (Lynn Sosnoskie) for sharing the article,"Oh, No, Not Knotweed!" by Henry Grabar from the Pocket Worthy website. Oh, No, Not Knotweed! It's been over four years since I bought hypodermic needles at a CVS, squatted in my backyard, and drew them full of glyphosate.
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Dracaena or dragon tree houseplant. (A. Schellman)
The Stanislaus Sprout: Article

Leach Your Houseplants to Avoid Salt Problems

February 1, 2021
By Anne E Schellman
Your outdoor garden plants may not need a lot of attention on these cold winter days, but have you taken a close look at your indoor plants recently? A house plant with brown leaf tips, wilted leaves, lower leaves that are dropping and little or no new growth may be in trouble.
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biochar
Spill the Beans: Article

Biochar

February 1, 2021
by Rainer Hoenicke Notes on Biochar and Its Role in Soil Health If you could continually turn a lot of organic material into biochar, you could, over time, reverse the history of the last two hundred yearsWe can, literally, start sucking some of the carbon that our predecessors have poured into the...
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aloe screen shot
UC Master Gardeners of San Mateo & San Francisco Counties: Article

Coast Friendly Aloes

February 1, 2021
Are you looking for a showy, drought tolerant plant that blooms profusely and attracts hummingbirds and other pollinators? You might like to try Aloes! They range in size from six-inch houseplants to tall trees. In the past, people mostly grew small aloes indoors for their medicinal properties.
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