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Crafty Insects, featuring sneaky or crafty insects and visitors' crafts, will set the theme for the Bohart Museum of Entomology's open house from 1 to 4 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 22 in Room 1124 of the Academic Surge Building on the UC Davis campus. The event is free and family friendly.

Like YOU, the listeners of In the Garden with UC Master Gardeners. And best of all, it is FREE. It is rare that the public can visit the research center.

UC Cooperative Extension in Stanislaus County is launching its first UC Master Gardener program to extend research-based gardening assistance and information to county residents, reported John Holland in the Modesto Bee.

Reno, NV (Sept 10, 2018): Scientists from the Western Regional Climate Center (WRCC) at the Desert Research Institute (DRI) in Reno, Nev. are pleased to announce the release of a long-awaited update to a climate mapping tool called the California Climate Tracker.

Advice for the Home Gardener from the Help Desk of the UC Master Gardener Program of Contra Costa County Client's Request: Visiting the Master Gardener Help Desk at our new relocated offices @ 2380 Bisso Lane in Concord I found these spiders in my home Although I know that they aren't normally fou...

A couple times over the last few weeks the term excellence' has come up, in the context of an aspirational goal. I'm not sure one ever achieves excellence.

By Denise Seghesio Levine, U. C. Master Gardener of Napa County Something has changed. When I was growing up and for many years afterward, a plate of greens was always, well, green.

Some folks call them "bumble bees," but they're not. In size, the female Valley carpenter bee (Xylocopa varipuncta) resembles a bumble bee, but certainly not in color. The female Valley carpenter is solid black with metallic wings.

According to many state fire officials, we no longer have simply a Fire Season' but a Fire Year'. In winter drought conditions, some parts of our region do not receive enough rain to mitigate fire danger.

Dear members of the Monterey County 4-H Leaders Council, On Tuesday, September 18th, the 4-H Leaders Council will hold its monthly meeting at 7pm. The location will be at the Soledad High School 425 Gabilan Dr, Soledad, CA 93960.