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Garden kneelers have made weeding, planting, and even pruning a much more comfortable experience. Whether you have arthritis or are just dealing with an uneven surface like bark or gravel, that extra layer of cushioning can make all the difference.

All vegetation can burn, but some plant species may pose less risk than others in a wildfire-prone community, reported Noah Bemer in the Calaveras Enterprise. In the first five feet around buildings, stone walls, rocks, patios and gravel mulch can enhance fire safety.

Cover crops in avocados.

This is the third post in our series on moving away from the soon-to-be-retired ANR FileVault to the Box.com service.

Hello fellow master gardeners. This is my debut blog for Under the Solano Sun, and I hope to write about common plants we may have or get asked about as Master Gardeners.

"If you were a bug, what would you be?" That sign greets visitors to the California State Fair's Insect Pavilion. It's a good conservation starter. The Insect Pavilion showcases insect specimens and insects from the Bohart Museum of Entomology at the University of California, Davis.

By Jean Fried A California-European Union workshop on sustainable groundwater management and conflict resolution was held June 24-25, 2019 at the University of California, Irvine.

Soil solarization is a simple technique that you can use in your home garden to reduce or eliminate many soil-inhabiting pests. Solarization works by heating up the soil in the presence of moisture to temperatures that are high enough to kill many fungi, nematodes, weeds and weed seeds.

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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