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The key word is INTEGRATED. Use the least toxic methods to control weeds in the home garden. Next, learn about one of the strangest plants you can find. They are called Staghorn Ferns! Dr.

The Bohart Museum of Entomology and the Hagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven, both part of the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, will participate in the UC Davis Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work (TODS) Day on Thursday, April 25.

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 04-22-2019" ET Report 04-22-2019 Please see disclaimer link below: University of California Divisi...

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Across the globe, scientists have shown that birds can be farmer allies. Insectivorous birds feed on damaging insect pests in many crops including coffee, cacao, oil palm, corn, cabbage and apples.

I'm trained in soil chemistry, what on earth could I get from a Fire Summit? If you get the right speakers together, you can learn a lot! UC ANR and the California Fire Science Consortium sponsored a Fire Summit in Redding in April for some 150 participants representing more than 50 organizations.

Water Quality Impacts on California Avocado A Collaborative Approach Sat Darshan S. Khalsa1 and Ben Faber2 1Department of Plant Sciences, UC Davis 2Cooperative Extension Ventura County, UCANR Avocado consumption continues to grow both in the U.S. and around the globe.

By Helen Dake, U. C. Master Gardener of Napa County Something changes when you put fresh flowers or foliage in a room. I have always believed this and have always tried to include plants in my garden that I could cut for the house throughout the year.

If you attended our Grow and Preserve Class it is hoped that you will be growing some stuff. Are you wondering about a quick way to preserve extra produce? Freezing is a quick way to save produce and you can do a little or a lot.

A tensiometer is a very useful tool for monitoring soil moisture status of vegetable and berry crops. Compared to other sensors that often require equipment such as dataloggers or a computer to collect readings, tensiometers can be easily read by irrigators in the field.