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Dear 4-H families, On Tuesday, January 15th, the 4-H Leaders Council will hold its monthly meeting at 7pm. The location will be at the County Agricultural conference room at 1423 Abbott S.t in Salinas. All 4-H families are invited to attend and take part in the councils discussion and planning.

How well do you know your way around the kitchen?

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View Complete Calendar | Return to What Are the UC Ag Experts Talking About? Date: January 23, 2019 Time: 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM Contact: Petr Kosina pkosina@ucanr.edu Sponsor: UC Ag Experts Talk Location: Webinar Register in advance for webinar at https://ucanr.zoom.

Interested in increasing water productivity while saving money on water and energy bills? Considering cover crops, composting or planting a hedgerow? Would you like to convert from flush to scrape at your dairy/livestock operation?

By Brent McGhie, UC Master Gardener of Butte County, January 11, 2019 Fire is a normal part of the natural environment in California, so if you live in the wildland-urban interface (WUI), it's not so much a question of if, but of when your home will be exposed to wildfire.

As I sit in my hotel room tonight and work from atop my bed, I thought it would be useful to share the practice I always use each and every time I stay in a hotel: checking for bed bugs. Bed bugs can occur in any hotel whether it's a 5-star or 1-star hotel.

As I sit in my hotel tonight and work from atop my bed, I thought it would be useful to share the practice I always use each and every time I stay in a hotel: checking for bed bugs. Bed bugs can occur in any hotel whether it's a 5-star or 1-star hotel.

When you attend the open house on Saturday, Jan. 12 at the Bohart Museum of Entomology (you know you want to!), be sure to meet forensic entomologist Danielle Wishon.

Just sampled some strawberries in white chocolate from Japan this afternoon for lunch (picture below). What's interesting is how dehydrated the strawberries are inside, they couldn't be bigger than the tip of my pinky finger. Great texture though, the berries basically dissolve in one's mouth.