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Dear Members of the Monterey County 4-H Leaders Council, On Tuesday, August 18th, the 4-H Leaders Council will hold its monthly meeting at 7pm. The location will be a ZOOM meeting. See link below. All 4-H families are invited to attend and take part in the councils discussion and planning.

By Denise Seghesio Levine, U.C. Master Gardener of Napa County Even if you are busy harvesting and giving away zucchini, picking tomatoes for salads and sauces and preserving summer's sweet fruits for winter treats, it is time to take a break and plan next year's garden.

CalFresh Healthy Living, UC and its UC Cooperative Extension community educators work in schools and community settings to give low-income children and families the opportunities and resources they need to eat right, stay active and lead healthy lives.

If you're a praying mantis, it's important to start the day out right by meditating, praying, and exercising. Close your eyes and slow your breathing. Be grateful for what you have, not what you want. But it's permissible to dream big, as in a Megachile pluto instead of a Perdita minima.

Berkeley, California made history by passing the nation's first sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) tax paid by beverage distributors in 2014, which garnered unanimous support from City Council and 76% of the vote in a public referendum.

A brief history....also called war gardens or food gardens for defense, were vegetable, fruit, and herb gardens planted at private residences and public parks all over the world. People were encouraged to plant gardens in World War l and ll.

The UCCE Rice Team is conducting a field survey to collect watergrass samples over the next few weeks.

PRESSURE BOMB COMPARISON ACROSS ALL FIELDS The above figure for 2020 shows that the non-saline Eastside and Westside fields are closer than they were for 2019.

In this issue: Soil Health in Alfalfa Receiving Full and Deficit Irrigation Livestock Update Livestock Update Report of Cherry X-Disease Phytoplasma in Northern San Joaquin Valley "How To" Reminders for Summer Silage Harvest Sat Burn Injury or Almond Leaf Scorch Calendar of Events...

The UC IPM Citrus Pest Management Guidelines has been updated to include new research out of the Rosenheim lab at UC Davis. Early-season pests like citrus thrips, earwigs, and katydids damage some types of mandarins differently. Learn how to adjust your management program accordingly.