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I live at the very edge of the Volcanic Tablelands in West Chalfant.

Avocados in some parts of coastal California have been blooming. Some of them got hit by the cold weather in the first part of February. In the coldest areas there was a little bit of new leaf damage, but this has been minimal.

Advice for the Home Gardener from the Help Desk of the UC Master Gardener Program of Contra Costa County Client's Request: Would you please help me to identify a plant which is a bush when fully grown, and blooms in small light-blue color flowers in fall and winter.

This is our educational issue, which outlines our communication outlets and how we are using them. New subscribers will learn about the UC California Garden Web and the resources that are but a click away.

Join us on Saturday, March 16th for a backyard food safety workshop at 1031 S. Mt. Vernon Ave., Bakersfield, CA 93307 from 9 AM - 2 PM. Flyer and agenda are attached.

by Susanne von Rosenberg, UC Master Gardener of Napa County Starting plants from seed can save you money, allow you to try more interesting varieties and be a lot of fun. Although it can seem intimidating, starting plants from seed isn't hard.

Dear Colleagues: The Commission on Catastrophic Wildfire Cost and Recovery will hold its inaugural meeting on February 25, 2019 from 10:00 AM 2:00 PM. The meeting will take place in Sacramento City Hall Council Chamber, 915 I Street, 1st Floor, Sacramento, CA 95814.

ANR's IT team has seen an increase in the number of spoofed emails, a form of phishing or spam email. Email spoofing is the forgery of an email so that the message appears to be from someone or somewhere other than the actual source.

Tardigrades, also known as the water bears, are microscopic animals but they're not microscopic any more! They're featured prominently on the newly available Bohart Museum of Entomology hooded sweatshirts, the work of artist Charlotte Herbert Alberts and designer Fran Keller.

While trying to decide what to write this blog on, I glanced out my family room window and saw some of my violets still blooming, not as many as during December through January. The leaves that were few and far between in late October are growing as most of the violets die back.