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SiteBuilder Training Sessions CSIT is kicking off a new round of SiteBuilder training sessions starting in May. The day-long class is designed for all ANR staff members in need of proficiency creating and maintaining web sites.

Spiny buttercup (Ranunculus muricatus) is a non-native plant, that is fairly common, especially in wet areas such as meadows. We also find it in crops, including orchards, pastures, and cereal grain fields.

Congratulations to everyone who participated at Fashion Revue on April 14th! Our County Winners will have the option of representing our county at State Fashion Revue at State Field Day on June 2nd.

What's a picnic without bugs? Bugs at Briggs and the Bohart? The UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology is gearing up for scores of insect-related activities at Briggs Hall and the Bohart Museum of Entomology for the 104th annual campuswide UC Davis Picnic Day. on Saturday, April 21.

Soil Workshop By Linda Lewis Griffith UCCE Master Gardener Soil is vital to the success of any garden. So it's worthwhile to understand the key factors that impact its productivity: Texture is the relative proportions of sand, silt and clay particles in any soil.

Warming temperatures combined with late spring rains create ideal conditions for mosquitoes to breed, including the mosquitoes that transmit West Nile Virus. To help spread the message about mosquito prevention, April 15-21, 2018 has been designated as Mosquito and West Nile Virus Awareness Week.

Each year, about 9,000 kids visit the UC Agriculture and Natural Resources Elkus Ranch in Half Moon Bay for hands-on educational experiences in urban horticulture, nutrition, food safety, pest management, livestock management and food preservation, reported Sara Hayden in April 2018 issue of Half Mo...

(Editor's Note: If you missed the seminar, you can view it here on YouTube at https://youtu.be/KVTGmDo2LLQ).

In the constant search for green leafy vegetables that will do well in a hot climate I stumbled upon Brazilian Spinach (Alternanthera sissoo) and Okinawa Spinach (Gynura crepioides), and although a tropical plants I decided to give them a try in our dry high desert climate.

A new race of the downy mildew pathogen (Peronospora farinosa f. sp. spinaciae = P. effusa) on spinach was first identified in 2014 in Yuma, Arizona, U.S. This race was able to overcome the resistance of important spinach varieties.