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Lindcove Research and Extension Center News: Article

Lindcove REC Western Weather Monitoring

November 5, 2018
By Elizabeth Grafton-Cardwell
Lindcove Research and Extension Center has a weather monitoring station connected to the Western Weather web site. You can view hourly or daily weather information as well as inversions between the 5 and 30 ft locations on the tower. There is a satellite loop and radar for the region as well.
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ANR Adventures: Article

Focusing on goals

November 5, 2018
By Wendy Powers
How did you use your extra hour this weekend? I pretty much slept through mine. My goal was to get through a bit of a cold and laryngitis. I'm not sure how much it helped. I did also get out to see the sandhill cranes in Woodbridge, as did others that arrived by the bus load.
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Napa Master Gardener Column: Article

Planting Cover Crops Enriches the Soil.

November 5, 2018
Planting Cover Crops Enriches the Soil. By T. Eric Nightingale UC Master Gardeners of Napa County The long summer of vegetable gardening can leave your soil in need of some rejuvenation, a perfect job for cover crops.
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Topics in Subtropics: Article

Rootey Tootey - Citrus Fruitey!!!

November 5, 2018
By Ben A Faber
Grower and the Public are invited to see, taste and hear about the citrus fruits and trees that make an industry and an iconic fruit in this State. There are two separate days, One for Growers and One for the general Public. Note the two different days and Pick your special day.
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Oak Leaf Gall
HOrT COCO-UC Master Gardener Program of Contra Costa: Article

Oak Tree Critters (i.e., Galls)

November 5, 2018
Advice for the Home Gardener from the Help Desk of the UC Master Gardener Program of Contra Costa County Client's Request: Below is a picture of a leaf from my oak tree in my yard.
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UC Weed Science (weed control, management, ecology, and minutia): Article

Managing weeds in landscapes

November 4, 2018
By Cheryl A Wilen
From the Retail Nursery an Garden Center IPM News Fall 2018 newsletter Nurseries and garden centers often sell a wide range of plants for use in gardens and landscapes.
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Note the contrast of these newer leaves to the midtier leaves around them. Not an plant mobile nutrient, like NPK, so what could be the issue?
Strawberries and Caneberries: Article

Farm Call: Yellow Leaves in Substrate Raspberries

November 3, 2018
By Mark P Bolda
Part of my work has come to include substrate production of caneberries. Some of these are easy since they are pest management issues which don't vary that much from field problems, but others, like the nutritional situation depicted below, are far more complex.
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UC ANR to launch fourth annual #GivingTuesday campaign Nov. 27

November 2, 2018
By Pamela S Kan-Rice
On Nov. 27, ANR is once again participating in #GivingTuesdaya 24-hour global giving challengea movement about ordinary people coming together to do extraordinary things. Celebrated on the Tuesday after Thanksgiving, #GivingTuesday kicks off the charitable season.
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These three graduate students in the Phil Ward lab at UC Davis are among the members of the UC Berkeley-UC Davis Linnaean Games Team. From left are Zachary Griebenow, Jill Oberski and Brendon Boudinot. Boudinot, president of the UC Davis Entomology Graduate Student Association, was a member of both the UC Davis national championship teams in 2015 and 2016. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

Insects and Graduate Students Share Spotlight at Linnaean Games

November 2, 2018
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Where are you most likely to encounter a rheophilic insect? If you know the answer to that, you could have scored at the Linnaean Games competition at the recent meeting of the Pacific Branch, Entomological Society of America (PBESA). The answer: "In moving streams.
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UC 4-H Program of Tuolumne County: Article

November 2018

November 2, 2018
In this Issue: - Camp Councilors Application - Youth Summit - Drivethru Dinner...
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