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Master Food Preservers San Bernardino County: Article

Prepare Dinner--Freeze It--Have Dinner!

September 2, 2018
If you are really rambunctious try this for your future enjoyable easy eats: freeze small batches of lasagne, leftover pork ribs (these re-heat in the oven most excellently), turkey and fixin's (remember Thanksgiving?) and casseroles--or leftovers in general.
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Doug Gubler
ANR Employee News: Article

In memoriam: Doug Gubler

August 31, 2018
By Pamela S Kan-Rice
Walter Douglas Gubler, UC Cooperative Extension specialist emeritus in the Department of Plant Pathology at UC Davis, died unexpectedly on July 19, 2018. Gubler was born on Jan. 28, 1946, in St. George, Utah, and raised in Santa Clara, Utah, where he graduated from Dixie High School in 1964.
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August 2018 News Clips 8/16-8/31

August 31, 2018
By Pamela S Kan-Rice
Enormous wildfires spark scramble to improve fire models (Nature) Jeff Tollefson, Aug. 31 Something is definitely different, and it raises questions about how much we really know, says Max Moritz, a fire scientist at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
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A male monarch on Mexican sunflower (Tithonia) on Aug. 30 in a Vacaville pollinator garden. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

What's Going On with the Monarchs?

August 31, 2018
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
What's going on with the monarchs? Our little pollinator garden in Vacaville, Calif., usually draws dozens of them in the summer as they flutter around, sip nectar from the Mexican sunflower (Tithonia) and lay their eggs on their host plant, milkweed.
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Chuck Ingels, left, presented a workshop on espalier training for fruit trees at Fair Oaks Horticulture Center in May 2018. Photo by Pam Bone
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In memoriam: Chuck Ingels

August 31, 2018
By Pamela S Kan-Rice
Chuck Ingels, longtime UCCE advisor in Sacramento County, lost his battle with cancer Aug. 12. Ingels joined ANR in 1989 as a tree and vine information analyst for the statewide Sustainable Agriculture Research & Education Program in Davis.
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Tehama County: Article

September 2018

August 31, 2018
Welcome back to 4-H!!! Welcome Nate Caeton Paper Clover Campain and 4-H Week 1st Baby Born 4-H Volunteer Training Camp Director 2019 and much more!...
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Colusa County: Article

September 2018 4-H News

August 31, 2018
In this issue, you will find: County T-Shirt and Sweatshirts available to order! Mindfulness Retreat Arbuckle Enrollment Night Home Ec Tour School Enrichment Information Volunteering Opportunities and much, much more!...
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Stanislaus County: Article

Evapotranspiration Report - 8/30/2018

August 31, 2018
Hello all, Please find the attached document to provide the previous weeks estimated water use report in terms of evapotranspiration for almonds, peaches, walnuts, established vineyard, alfalfa, and pasture in Stanislaus County.
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UC Master Gardeners- Diggin' it in SLO: Article

Torch Cactus

August 31, 2018
Plants We Love By Jackie Woods UCCE Master Gardener Common name: Night Blooming Cactus, Golden Torch Cactus, Torch Cactus Latin name: Echinopsis spaciana Size of plant: 2 2 inches wide and as tall as 4 - 7 feet.
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