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While most Americans choose their Thanksgiving turkeys from the meat department at the local grocery store, Brylee Aubin and Yaxeli Saiz-Tapia can tell you the life histories of their holiday birds.

The lady beetle, aka ladybug, scurried up the lion's tail plant, Leonotis leonurus. Up one stem and down another, she went. Apparently, she didn't find what she was looking for--aphids or other small bodied-insects--and took flight. If you haven't planted this in your pollinator garden, you should.

I think many of us feel like our gardens themselves are gifts.

GIVE NOW While COVID-19 has put the world on pause, UC Agriculture and Natural Resources continues to bring the power of UC research in agriculture, natural resources, nutrition, and youth development to local communities to improve the lives of all Californians. On Tuesday, Dec.

Starting Wednesday, Dec. 9, at 10 p.m. to Monday, Dec. 14 at 6 a.m., the UCPath system will be unavailable to all UC employees during the Amazon Web Services (AWS) cutover.

UF/IFAS researchers are working on a decision-support app to help policy makers and growers decide the best regional treatment options for laurel wilt disease, which is challenging Florida's $35 million-a-year avocado crop. Laurel wilt disease is spread by several ambrosia beetle vectors.

Remember to sign up for the San Benito County Weed Management Area's 19th Annual Continuing Education Seminar for Ranchers on Thursday, December 3 from 8:00 am to 11:40 am. 2.5 hours of pesticide continuing education credit (including 0.

This is the second part of a blog on trees, this time focusing on the mighty oak. In California, we have some of the mightiest. In fact, in our own back yard, we have a giant, the Valley Oak (Quercus lobata).

As we take some time to enjoy the Thanksgiving holiday, I want to wish you all the best and urge you to follow these recommendations from UC Davis Health to keep yourselves and your friends and families safe in the coming weeks.

If you've been talking to your plants for years, you are not alone. But know this: plants can communicate, too. They eavesdrop, sense danger in the environment, and can distinguish friend from foe.