Ongoing research

Hello 4-H Leaders and Volunteers, We are having a adult leader training for the new and returning leader to complete the required adult leader training on Sunday, February 11th 12 pm for New Leaders 1 pm for Returning Leaders 4-H OFFICE IN THE CONFERENCE ROOM, 1430 Freedom Blvd, Watonville Come Join...

TEHAMA WALNUT DAY February 2, 2018 7:45 am-1 pm Red Bluff Elks Lodge TEHAMA PRUNE DAY February 23, 2018 7:45 am-1 pm Red Bluff Elks Lodge Butte Walnut - Almond Day January 31, 2018 Chico Silver Dollar Fairgrounds...

Sometimes a person connects with others in unexpected ways, creating enduring memories or sparking interests that the person will never know about. In my case, a near stranger introduced me to one of my favorite cut flowers.

By David Layland, U. C. Master Gardener of Napa County Climate change, also called global warming, has been in the news lately because of the devastating wildfires in Northern and Southern California.

A trunk "below grade", that is a buried trunk, is a problem for most trees. Willows and other riparian trees along water ways that are inundated regularly can adapt to a change in soil depth around their trunks.

How appropriate are many of the common names of insects! Take the immature form (caterpillar) of the moth, Schizura concinna, family Notodontidae. We first spotted this caterpillar on our Western redbud tree (Cercis occidentalis) in September 2010. It has a red hump.

Reposted from the UC IGIS blog Recently I was fortunate to work with the IGIS team in Santa Rosa and Sonoma to explore why so many homes and buildings were lost in the October Tubbs and Nuns Fires.

A comprehensive speaker list, with starting time, for the 2018 North San Joaquin Valley Almond Day.

An exhibit at the Oakland Museum of CA opened this past weekend called, "Take Root: Oakland Grows Food." This exhibit explores urban gardening/agriculture in Oakland and how that is impacting the city at large.

With the retirement of Steve Koike on January 2, 2018, there may be some confusion regarding submission of plant samples to the UCCE Monterey County office for diagnostic services.