Ongoing research

Summary: Following the crop production season in the fall, soil nitrate-nitrogen (N) levels can rise to high levels.

The picture below is of the cast iron plants that followed me to my car last September after the Master Gardener Plant exchange. The day of the plant exchange, when all kinds of plants arrived from the college's horticulture program, I googled this plant several times.

University of California Cooperative Extension, USDA Farm Service Agency, California Avocado Commission and California Avocado Society Fire Recovery and Frost Refresher Santa Paula Agricultural Museum, 926 Railroad Ave, Santa Paula January 10, 9 11 AM, Wednesday Introduction Ben Faber, UCCE Fire D...

Bring on the bumble bees! In yesterday's Bug Squad blog, we mentioned the unusual first-of-the-year bumble bee sightings at the Benicia Capitol State Historic Park. We captured images of the yellow-faced bumble bees, Bombus vosnesenskii, nectaring on jade, Crassula ovata, the morning of Jan.

Job Opportunity: Master Gardener Volunteer Coordinator-Fresno 36th Annual Landscape Management Seminar Spring Horticulture Class-Ridgecrest Spring Horticulture Class-Tehachapi Winter Irrigation for Home Landscapes, Gardens, and Orchards Roof Rats Return to Chernobyl, April, 2018...

Healthy Preschool Teeth; Activity - Apple Decay; Recipe - Yogurt Granola Crunch; Food for Healthy Teeth; Program Opportunities...

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It's January already. Following up on last week's show on this program about Roses, bareroot plantings of deciduous fruit-bearing trees and vines are also in order this month. KUCI offers a link to the UC Master Gardeners list of podcasts. There is a great show on Bareroots.

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Editor's Note: In the spring, Deanna joined Urban Farm on The Urban Farm Podcast to discuss kids and farmer's markets! Listen to the podcast episode here. One of the great pleasures of spring's arrival is the bounty of fresh foods and flavors we've been hungry for all winter long.