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Crassula multicava draping over pot.
Under the Solano Sun: Article

A Dry, Shady Spot Succulent

January 18, 2019
I wasn't sure what I was getting when I purchased at a plant sale a slip of a delightful pendant succulent. But by end of the first year, I realized that this succulent, Crassula multicava, was not only hardy but a prolific plant.
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euc and a bit of scrap

Mulch and Avocado Root Rot and Gibberellic Acid Too!

January 18, 2019
By Ben A Faber
Jan 07, 2019 The California Avocado Society will host the first of its 2019 California Avocado Growers Seminar Series with workshops focused on mulch and Phytophthora. Dr. Ben Faber, Dr. Tim Spann and Dr. Carol Lovatt will deliver presentations at the seminars. Dr.
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Santa Cruz County: Article

4-H Newsletter 1/17/19

January 17, 2019
Hello 4-H Families, We have an exciting new Lego project open to all members in our 4-H program. Lego Countywide Project We have new parent and club leader that have teamed up to offer an amazing new 4-H project. We are so excited to offer a new 4-H Lego Project for all ages.
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Livestock, Range and Natural Resources: Article

Invierno 2019

January 17, 2019
En este nmero: Simposio de Ganadoviene Gentica Bovina Ganadera Reuniones sobre Sequa y Clima...
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Check out the pollen on this black-tailed bumble bee, Bombus melanopygus, nectaring on manzanita, as photographed by Kim Chacon, UC Davis doctoral candidate on Jan. 10.
Bug Squad: Article

Drum Roll...First Bumble Bee of the Year!

January 17, 2019
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
We have a winner! Several UC Davis bumble bee enthusiasts--encouraged by native pollinator specialist Robbin Thorp, UC Davis distinguished emeritus professor of entomology--compete every January to find the first bumble bee of the year in Yolo and Solano counties. It's a friendly competition.
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Winter 2019

January 17, 2019
Preschool Physical Activity; UC CalFresh CATCH (Coordinated Approach to Childhood Health); ECE CATCH Activities for Indoors - Go Fish and Teacher, May, I?
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photos by Karen Metz
Under the Solano Sun: Article

Linn County Master Gardeners-Trip 2

January 17, 2019
I have blogged before about a visit to the Linn County Master Gardener Demonstration Garden in Albany, Oregon. The first time I visited was late spring and I had hit the apex of spring bloom. This visit was the end of June early July.
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Zane and Benjamin planting acorns for the UC Santa Cruz study by Dr. Blair McLaughlin of the Zavaleta Lab.
Hopland REC: Article

HREC Youth Volunteers Support Oak Research

January 17, 2019
By Hannah M Bird
My name is Valentina Evans, and I am a new volunteer at the UC Hopland Research and Extension Center. My partners Benjamin Evans, and Zane Petersen have chosen to volunteer with me at the HREC for our senior project at Ukiah High School.
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