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In this issue, you will find: LEGO Workshop Record Book Workshop Home Ec Review and Cooking Craze Presentation Practice for Regional Presentation Day Small Animal Field Day and much, much more!...

Seven CASI Workgroup members had the very good opportunity to host Dr. Doug Karlen, well-known soil scientist from the USDA ARS National Lab for Agriculture and the Environment in Ames, IA on March 5th in Davis, CA.

My name is Lynn Sosnoskie and I recently joined the University of California Cooperative Extension Team as a Agronomy and Weed Science Advisor for Merced and Madera Counties based out of the Merced office. About me. I grew up in a small coal mining town in central Pennsylvania.

"Honey bees are superb beekeepers; they know what they're doing." So said bee scientist and author Tom Seeley of Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y., when he keynoted the fourth annual UC Davis Bee Symposium, held March 3 in the UC Davis Conference Center.

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Dear Weeders got this from Syngenta - i offered to do a vegetable plantback trial in California for bicyclopyron knowing that they had no plan to register here at least short term. I asked just in case they might be willing to come here eventually.

Are you an urban farmer in the Sacramento or San Diego region? Are you a gardener thinking of selling some of your produce to neighbors, restaurants or at a farmers' market? Are you part of a non-profit organization growing and distributing food in your community?

Finding freshly dug mounds of soil in the garden, lawn, or landscape might be a sign of gophers or moles. Their mounds look similar and are frequently confused for each other. Figure 1 shows a mole mound, which usually is volano-shaped with a circular margin.

Amethyst Falls Oregano By Jutta Thoerner UCCE Master Gardener Origanum Amethyst Planting zone: 5-9 Size: 15 tall to 18 wide Bloom: Lavender-pink flowers and chartreuse bracts cascade out and downwards. Blooms for one month or longer from late spring to midsummer. Exposure: Sun or light shade.

Saturday March 3, was the 2018 Piece Conference hosted by West Hills College Childhood Development and Education Department. This event offered Early Childhood Educators a day filled with learning opportunities from multiple presenters.