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Victory Garden Workshop in San Luis Obispo The Victory Garden workshops consist of a series of four workshops that teach beginning gardeners the basics of starting a vegetable garden.

If you've ever felt confused by the process of composting, you are not alone! Most gardeners experience confusion at some point over the following topics: What can I compost? Kitchen: fruit and vegetable scraps, tea bags, coffee grounds, and eggshells.

by Mel Kendall On October 1, 2020 the UC Master Gardeners of Napa County and the City of Napa Parks & Recreation celebrated the groundbreaking of the Las Flores Learning Garden in Napa.

If you're planning to get a holiday tree for your home, you may find unexpected guests have already made their home in your evergreen selection. Common holiday trees such as firs, pines, and spruces can host pests such as aphids, scales, mites, bark beetles, or even praying mantis egg cases.

Dear 4-H Families, It has been a tough year not being able to see each other in person. We have lost a little bit of our Holiday spirit. We it is time to get our Holiday Spirit back in a 4-H way. Your family is invited to participate in the 4-H Recipe Swap.

The following charts are updates of similar ones first presented here in 2015; they now include values through the 2019 harvest. They are helpful to appreciate the divergent paths that the wine grape industries in each county have been experiencing in recent years.

If you wish for a beautiful yard, with little work on your part, your wish can come true. Consider planting wildflowers from seed. Many mail-order catalogs, internet suppliers or local nurseries will carry wildflower mixtures suited for your climate.

A Guide to Livestock Leases for Annual Rangelands is a great new UC ANR publication. If you are an agency or private landowner, or if you are a rancher who leases land, you will want to check it out: https://anrcatalog.ucanr.edu/pdf/8679.pdf.

The California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) announced today (Dec. 4) that a Stop Use notice and statewide quarantine have been issued for the organic fertilizer product AGRO GOLD WS to all organic operations registered in California.

Congratulations to medical entomologist Thomas W. Scott, named one of the 11 UC Davis researchers on the 2020 Highly Cited Researchers list by the Web of Science Group, the information and technology provider for the global scientific research community. It's an honor well-deserved.