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Kern County: Article

Kern UCCE/DWR Weekly Crop Water Use Report 07-22-2019

July 24, 2019
Please see below link to access "How To Use Weekly Crop Water Use (ET) Reports to Assist Farm Water Management" How To Use Weekly Crop Water Use Report Please see below link to access "Weekly ET Report 07-22-2019" ET Report 07-22-219 Please see disclaimer link below: University of California Divisio...
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Under the Solano Sun: Article

The Gardener of Versailles

July 24, 2019
A film about the gardens of Versailles released in the United States in 2015. A Little Chaos stared Kate Winslet of Titanic fame as Sabine de Barra, a beautiful commoner hired by King Louis XIV of France to help with landscape projects.
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Summer Flowers in Wrightwood, California, photo by Gail Nieto.
UCCE Master Gardeners of San Bernardino County Blogs: Article

Deadheading Flowers by Gail Nieto

July 24, 2019
As I wander around my yard, I am seeing many flowers that have bloomed and are now starting to look "dead." They are actually ready to go to seed. So I pinch off the spent flowers or "deadhead" to cause the plant to flower again. Deadheading is very simple.
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Healthy Citrus Science

July 24, 2019
By Ben A Faber
Science for Citrus Health featured in Citrograph! Author: Elizabeth Grafton-Cardwell Author: Barbara Alonso Published on: July 2, 2019 The summer issue of Citrograph has just been released, and our outreach project has been featured.
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Non-native Bromus species, such as ripgut brome, grow fast and dry out quickly, becoming highly flammable.
UC Weed Science (weed control, management, ecology, and minutia): Article

California’s bad romance with Bromus fuels wildfire

July 24, 2019
By Pamela S Kan-Rice
When wildfires burn in California, people often call them forest fires or brushfires, but the odds are high that an invasive weed is an unrecognized fuels component, says a UC Agriculture and Natural Resources scientist.
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Kern County: Article

Green Scene mid-July 2019

July 23, 2019
2019 Horticulture Classes - Beginning August Horticultural Study Tour XI: May 2020 - Wales, Edinburgh, Northern Scotland Return to Chernobyl and more...
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Keynote speaker Lynn Dicks (far left) of the School of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia, United Kingdom, with conference co-chair Neal Williams, pollination ecologist, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, and speaker Rachel Vannette of the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, who addressed the crowd on her hummingbird research. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

Lynn Dicks: The Importance of People in Pollinator Conservation

July 23, 2019
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
The global decline of pollinators ought to concern everybody, and everybody ought to get involved, said bee conservation researcher Lynn Dicks of the School of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia, United Kingdom, in her keynote address at the fourth International Pollinator Conference, he...
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