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Master Food Preservers San Bernardino County: Article

Grow Your Own Seasoning and Use It

February 4, 2018
I was cruising the Agriculture and Natural Resource (ANR) blogs and found this nice article about growing saffron crocuses in your yard: Grow Your Own Saffron! Such a pretty flower with delightfully tasty seasoning included!It is a little late to plant these little beauties around here, but you coul...
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Guacamole and salsa shouldn't be left out for longer than 2 hours.
Food Blog: Article

On Super Bowl Sunday, don't drop the ball on food safety

February 4, 2018
By Pamela S Kan-Rice
At Super Bowl parties, dropped passes and missed tackles should be the only things making football fans' stomachs churn. Leaving food out for more than two hours can be hazardous to your health and that of your guests, cautions a UC Cooperative Extension nutrition expert.
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Photo: L. Macon
Ranching in the Sierra Foothills: Article

Livestock Protection Tools - Part 3

February 2, 2018
By Daniel K Macon
Note: this is the third and final installment in a series of posts on nonlethal livestock protection tools. Click here to see the first in the series. All three posts are adapted from: Macon, D.K, R.A. Baldwin, D.F. Lile, J. Stackhouse, C.K. Rivers, T. Saitone, T.K. Schohr, L.K. Snell, J. Harper, R.
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A yellow-faced bumble bees, Bombus vosnesenskii, forages on almond blossoms in Benicia, Calif., on Feb. 2. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Not Just Honey Bees Pollinate Almonds

February 2, 2018
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
It's beginning to look a lot like...almond pollination season in California. Almonds usually begin blooming around Valentine's Day, but it's often earlier, depending on where you look or live. Take Benicia, Solano County.
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Hansen News: Article

Census of Agriculture

February 2, 2018
By Susana Bruzzone-Miller
The Census of Agriculture is the voice of our farming community. The census collects information on the nation's farms and ranches from small to large operations. But time is off the essence--the deadline is February 5. Producers should visit www.agcounts.usds.
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Cooperative Extension, Sutter-Yuba Counties: Article

Orchard Notes - February, 2018

February 2, 2018
Sutter-Yuba-Colusa Walnut Day - February 22, 2018 Field Meetings on March 7, 2018: Walnut Training Systems and Walnut Breeding Program Update Walnut (5 year old) No Pruning (no heading) / Variation of No Pruning Grower Comparison...
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photos by Brenda Altman
Under the Solano Sun: Article

Free Wood Chips!

February 2, 2018
Be careful what you wish for. Last fall I moved to Vallejo and bought this cute little house off of Georgia Street. It had a good size front yard and a large backyard. I wanted a yard to put in a garden and a green house.
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San Benito County: Article

Jr. Livestock

February 2, 2018
Hi all, Hi all, You are invited to an informational meeting of the Junior Livestock Committee on Tuesday, February 6, at 6:00 p.m. in the Livestock Office at Santa Cruz County Fairgrounds. Current members of the committee and those interested in joining are urged to attend.
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