Ongoing research

At the recent conference of the American Association of Geographers (AAG) in Washington DC, IGIS was recognized for its work in developing open source data management tools for drone data.

If you've been in suspense all week, wait no longer. Here are the answers to this year's Easter egg hunt! Let us know how you did in the comments below.

If you hang around an orchard long enough something unusual will show up, especially when seasons change and there's more rain than usual and it's cold, but not so cold that it freezes and it's prolonged. So out of San Diego comes a request for an identification of a brown bump on avocado stems.

By Laura Lukes, UC Master Gardener of Butte County, April 19, 2019 Gardening becomes increasingly difficult as we age, yet the garden beckons as strongly as ever, notes Butte County Master Gardener Kay Perkins.

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It turns out that I didn't need to attend the meeting in Denver this week.

Folks are making a bee-line to the Bohart Museum of Entomology, University of California, Davis, for its spring sale. All proceeds support the insect museum in its educational and outreach activities.

Plant Identification Workshop - April 27, 2019 Pollinator Workshop - May 5, 2019 Victory vegetable Gardening - June 8-29, 2019...

Nickels Soil Lab Annual Field Day Pre- and Post- Herbicide Performance on Threespike Goosegrass in Three Nut Orchards The Many Possible Causes of "Gummy Nuts" in Almonds Almond Management Considerations: Spring & Early Summer Hull Split Timing and Sprayer Practices for Best Pest Control Results Hull...

These beautiful sunny days are just calling to us to come outdoors and plant. Why not take our favorite little guys with us to play in the dirt? But, before we do, it would be worthwhile to make the gardening moments even more magical by reading The Surprise Garden to them.