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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.

Little Logan Loss of Rocklin is only 6 but already he knows more about scorpions than many, if not most, adults do. Logan, a visitor at the Bohart Museum of Entomology's recent open house on spiders and other arachnids, wowed the crowd with his knowledge of scorpions.

Dear Colleagues, The purpose of the Fiscal Year 2019 Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) Sustainable Agricultural Systems (SAS) is to promote the sustainable supply of abundant, affordable, safe, nutritious, and accessible food and other agricultural products, while enhancing economic op...

1-Day Workshop - Auburn, California Thursday, May 23, 2019 8:30am - 5:00pm Cost is $40/person includes lunch -RSVP below Business of Targeted Grazing registration Join UCCE for this full-day workshop focused on business practices! Topics will include: Principles of Targeted Grazing and Estimating G...

Dear 4-H Families, We have many opportunities for 4-H members to participate in this weekend and May. We have expended the deadline to sign up for Disneyland to April 24th. We have some families request an extension. We can not go pass this date.

University of California collaborates with CDFA on the Climate-Smart Farming program. Our commitment includes several farm advisors at locations across the state, and provides support to farmers who want to adapt to the impending change in climate and do what they can to mitigate.

The food production environment introduces many potential points of contamination risk from the soil to the table.

North American Carbon World (NACW) is in downtown Los Angeles from April 24-26. The conference aims to bring together a wide range of participants from government to business to talk about carbon markets and climate policy. For more details see: https://www.nacwconference.