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 When UC Davis Distinguished Professor Walter Leal of the Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology headed for Washington D.C. in April to be inducted into the National Academy of Sciences (NAS), he stopped by the Albert Einstein memorial, located at the corner of the NAS grounds.Leal read Einstein's…

Home grown tomatoes! No doubt, most home gardeners’ tomato patches are well on their way. Today, on In the Garden with UCCE Master Gardeners, we go back many years and a few months for our only show on the topic of Tomatoes. Back in 2015, one of our OG In The Garden radio hosts, Mark Fierle, talked to…

By Ellen Bruno and Nick Hagerty  California is now ten years into a revolution in groundwater management. In 2014, the state passed the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) which requires newly formed local groundwater sustainability agencies to develop long-term plans to reduce overdraft by…

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has released several competitive funding opportunities for FY25. Below are a few highlighted programs of interest each with a submission deadline of July 23, 2025. For the complete list of current BLM funding opportunities, please visit Grants.gov and search using the…

Most gardeners are aware of plant diseases that can wreak havoc in their gardens. If you grow fruit trees, you may be confronted with curled, reddened peach leaves (peach leaf curl fungus). If you grow apples or pears, your trees may sometimes look like they were scorched with a blow torch (fire blight…

 I’m always delighted to see the first dragonflies of the summer zipping through my garden. Dragonflies are such magical creatures with their dazzling aerobatics, vibrant colors, and wings shimmering in the sunlight. These fascinating insects are easily recognized by their long, slender bodies and…

 You may recognize her name from the numerous articles she has authored for The Stanislaus Sprout. Denise answers a few questions so you can get to know her better. Denise, what inspired you to become a UC Master Gardener? One of my friends who lives in Greeley Hill became a Master Gardener…