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4-H needs your help! Watch this 1-minute video to learn how to contribute to San Benito County 4-H without spending any extra money or time! It's easy to do by using the 4-H Visa Debit Card for your regular everyday expenses.

Happy Labor Day! And what an appropriate time to post an image of a Gulf Fritillary, Agraulis vanillae, depositing an egg! The females lay their eggs on the tendrils and leaves of the butterfly's host plant, the passionflower vine (Passiflora) but we've seen them depositing eggs on nearby fences whe...

If you didnt hear or you want to hear again Here's your opportunity Speakers: Sonia Rios: Area Subtropical Horticulture Advisor for both Riverside and San Diego Counties.

Photo credit: Debbie George What to do with all those bottles of wine? Well the obvious is to pour a glass and enjoy! The other would be to use in cooking a fabulous coq au vin or create a rich burgundy stew. But I digress...

by Barbara Campbell Like many gardeners, UC Master and otherwise, I've been busy in my yard these last five months. In fact, I started last November, when I completely cleaned out a 100 foot square patch in my front yard for a California native garden.

From the Topics in Subtropics newsletter (8/26/2020) *********************** This is not good. You find an avocado tree with sun blotch or it is time to thin the orchard and you remove the offending tree.

By Julie Pramuk, UC Master Gardener of Napa County At this time of year, you can spot sunflowers growing in many gardens and along roadsides in Napa Valley. Sunflower stems can grow nine feet tall, producing large. stunning flowers.

University of California Cooperative Extension Sutter-Yuba-Colusa is holding a series of webinars in September and October to provide research updates on some of the major crops in the Sacramento Valley.

The wildfires that raged through California, crippling and/or destroying beekeepers' homes and their livelihoods are heartbreaking. One victim, Caroline Yelle, owner of Pope Canyon Queens (PCQ), located on 8307 Quail Canyon Road, Vacaville, lost 500 hives.

My nemesisManduca sexta. Sorry to say, this blog is about 3 weeks late.