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UCCE Master Food Preservers of Fresno, Madera, and Merced: Event

Orange Marmalade Workshop

Event Date
Mar 20, 2026

Explore one way to preserve your orange tree bounty in this hands-on workshop on making orange marmalade, while also learning the basics of canning. Make and take home your own jar of orange marmalade. This class is presented by the Master Food Preservers of Madera, Merced and Fresno counties, and will be…
UCCE Master Food Preservers of Fresno, Madera, and Merced
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UC Master Gardeners of Monterey & Santa Cruz Counties: Event

Protect Your Garden: Practical Pest Management

Event Date
May 23, 2026

Protect your spring and summer vegetable garden with practical, environmentally sound pest management strategies. In this third class of our Vegetable Growing series, you’ll learn to identify common garden pests — from insects and other invertebrates to vertebrate visitors — and recognize the type of damage…
UC Master Gardeners of Monterey & Santa Cruz Counties
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UC Master Gardeners of Monterey & Santa Cruz Counties: Event

Growing Strong: Vegetable Garden Planting & Care

Event Date
Apr 18, 2026

Dig into the basics of growing your own vegetables with Monterey Bay Master Gardeners. In this hands-on workshop, you’ll learn how to prepare garden beds, select seeds and transplants suited to our coastal climate, and get them into the ground successfully.We’ll cover essential early-care practices —…
UC Master Gardeners of Monterey & Santa Cruz Counties
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UC Master Gardeners of Ventura County: Event

A Bouquet for Mom or Grandma: A Mother's Day Floral Class/Oxnard Farm Park

Event Date
May 9, 2026

A Bouquet for Mom or Grandma: A Mother's Day Floral ClassPhoto credit PixabayCelebrate Mother’s Day by creating a fresh floral arrangement styled to look like a chic purse—an unforgettable gift with a whimsical twist. This workshop is ideal for teens, mothers, and grandmothers looking to share a creative…
UC Master Gardeners of Ventura County
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Guava Pest Alert

March 4, 2026
By Bodil N Cass
Residential and commercial guava growers in California are asked to be on the lookout for Cardin’s Whitefly (Metaleurodicus cardini, (Back) Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae). This pest is not known to be established in the environment in California; however, it is intercepted on incoming plant shipments at a…
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Too Much Rain?

March 4, 2026
By Ben A Faber
What Can Happen with Too Much Rain? Watch that Mulch!!! And sometimes competitive weeds are good.Rain is wonderful stuff. If it comes and washes the accumulated salts of the last several years out of the root zones of citrus and avocado, that's a good thing. But what happens if there is a little too much of…
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Survey of Avocado Irrigation Practices

March 4, 2026
By Ben A Faber
Efficient irrigation management is essential for sustaining avocado production in California, where orchards are often located on sloping terrain with heterogeneous soils and rely on a combination of district or surface water and groundwater supplies. Avocado trees are highly sensitive to both water stress…
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Thriving Forward: Article

Partnering with Schools to Provide Expanded Learning: Assessing Staff Capacities and Support

March 4, 2026
By Grace Belt, Stepha Velednitsky, Matthew R Rodriguez, Steven Worker, Marianne Bird, Nicole K Marshall-Wheeler, Ally Lemmer, Kimberly Holmes
Introduction Partnerships between 4-H and expanded learning sites are a great way to provide high quality programming to youth. When 4-H partners with expanded learning programs (e.g. schools, Boys and Girls clubs, YMCAs), youth who may not otherwise participate in 4-H are able to have high quality…
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Persiste el riesgo de contagio de gripe aviar para aves de corral

March 4, 2026
By Pamela S Kan-Rice
 Expertos de UC ofrecen consejos y recuerdan sobre las detecciones de la enfermedad en los condados de  Sutter y Sonoma El virus de la gripe aviar no ha desaparecido por completo en California. Prueba de ello es su reciente detección en gallineros caseros de los condados de Sutter y Sonoma.Por ello…
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ANR Digital Accessibility: Article

Email Accessibility

March 4, 2026
By Stephen Dampier
Email needs to adhere to Accessibility Standards. This is important for Email Lists, Blog Announcements, attached PDFs etc.Here is information on making Microsoft Outlook emails accessible:Make your outlook email accessible to people with disabilitiesAccessibility tools for Outlook
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