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Fall & Winter Prune Orchard Management Considerations Cytospora Post-harvest: Cut it out! Protect fresh cuts! Pros and Cons of Mechanical Pruning...

By T. Eric Nightingale, UC Master Gardener of Napa County Fall is a wonderful time to be in the garden. The cooler air is reinvigorating after the long hot days of summer. Fall is also a perfect time to plant many California natives.

Jos Luis Aguiar es un cientfico de sonrisa amable quien desde nio ha trabajado al aire libre en las faenas del campo. A los 12 aos empez a ganarse sus primeras monedas en las cosechas en el Valle de Coachella acompaando a su padre un bracero mexicano.

Join Master Gardeners for a free workshop where you'll learn the many wonders of gardening in straw bales.

Everyone, and I mean EVERY one, is all smiles as the 2018 California foothill winegrape harvest sails in on cool weather after a bit of a tumultuous season.

They're everywhere. But they're not welcome. Agriculturists who commercially grow cabbage and other cucurbits aren't fond of the cabbage white butterlfy, Pieris rapae, because its larvae are pests that ravish their crops. No welcome mat for them.

Friday, October 19th, 2018 at 7:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. Join your local team of UC Cooperative Extension Farm & IPM Advisors to discuss current pest management and production issues in orchard crops.

Planting Fall Trees By Naomi Klinkenberg UCCE Master Gardener I heard that planting landscape trees in the Fall is best. Why is that? Javier O. Nipomo, CA Fall is an excellent time to plant landscape trees. It's tempting to plant a tree in spring for instant gratification.

It's almost time to plant garlic. There are a lot of decisions to be made when choosing garlic.

Under the auspices of Georgios Vidalakis, Professor at UC Riverside, a handful of graduate students visited Kearney to broaden their scientific knowledge and see examples of how individuals in careers such as their own can have an impact.