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A honey bee heads toward a Mexican sunflower, Tithonia rotundifolia, in Vacaville, Calif. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

So Bee It...

July 6, 2020
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
The honey bees love it. So do the long-horned bees, bumble bees, carpenter bees, European paper wasps, syrphid flies, butterflies, blister beetles, spotted cucumber beetles, crab spiders, praying mantids, and assorted other insects.
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Fact Sheet #2: Managing Potassium in Rice Fields
UC Rice Blog: Article

New Rice Factsheets Available

July 6, 2020
By Whitney B Brim-Deforest
The UCCE Rice Team has developed a series of Factsheets to simplify and convey information about important topics that we find we are frequently discussing with growers and PCA's. Each fact sheet is 2 pages long, back to front.
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Learning about soil.
The Stanislaus Sprout: Article

2020 Master Gardener Graduation and Program News

July 6, 2020
By Anne E Schellman
I am excited to announce that the 2020 Master Gardener Program class has graduated! This year it was an unpredictable journey that I'd like to share with you. Our dedicated group of trainees began an intensive learning program in January, meeting each week for 4 hours.
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Image of johnsongrass, Sorghum halepense
Small and Organic Farm Advisor: Article

Johnsongrass in organics: Mow it?

July 6, 2020
By Margaret G Lloyd
Yes, mow it! Mowing works to at least prevent seed spread and regular mowing will weaken rhizomes. Seed establishment has the greatest potential for the establishment and spread of johnsongrass and must be prevented. Therefore, mowing works to at least prevent seed spread.
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UC Regents to discuss appointment of next UC president Tuesday, July 7

July 6, 2020
By Pamela S Kan-Rice
The University of California Board of Regents will hold a virtual special meeting on Tuesday, July 7, at 3:30 p.m. PDT starting with the closed session of the Governance Committee. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the meeting will be conducted entirely as a teleconference and start with public comment.
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Watershed drawing
Spill the Beans: Article

We All Live in a Watershed

July 6, 2020
by Rainer Hoenicke What do those of us who live in a Napa townhouse with a 500 square-foot patio area as their backyard and those living out in the countryside on a 5-acre ranchette have in common?
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A monarch butterfly, Danaus plexippus, eclosed today (July 3) and is drying its wings on Hot Lips salvia, Salvia microphylla. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

Independence Day and a Monarch

July 3, 2020
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
We call it the Fourth of July or Independence Day. Our 13 American colonies rose up against the monarch of Great Britain, King George III, and declared themselves free and independent.
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