Test PB Collection: FTE

A while back, I wrote a blog on the fun notion of converting one of my raised-bed veggie gardens into a pollinator-friendly flower garden. I imagined this would bring a splash of color to the yard for most of the year. It became a fun project, and I loved the results.

Farmers placed clumps of soil into metal mesh baskets, submerged the baskets into jars of water, then watched to see if their soil held together. The slake test, conducted at the Soil Health Field Day in Woodland, measured soil health.

En el condado de San Diego existen ms de cinco mil pequeas granjas, pero, de acuerdo con el Censo Agrcola del 2022, menos del 2 por ciento son operadas o pertenecen a una persona negra, indgena o de color incluyendo a los de decendencia asitica, hispana o nativa de Hawi o las Islas del Pacifico.

Social Media Summary At the West Coast Rodent Academy, 45 pest management professionals gained hands-on skills in rodent ecology, exclusion techniques, and rodenticide awareness to tackle California's urban rodent issues.

UC Cooperative Extension will host the SJC and Delta Field Crops Meeting on Friday, January 24, 2025 from 8:00am to 12:00pm. The meeting location is the Cabral Agricultural Center in Stockton (2101 E. Earhart Ave., Stockton, CA 95206).

El fuego ha sido parte de la administracin indgena de tierras en California desde tiempos inmemorables. Estas prcticas contra incendios estuvieron profundamente conectadas a tradiciones culturales, formas de alimentacin, mejoramiento y resiliencia de paisajes.

Tasks Remove fallen camellia blossoms promptly to prevent petal blight on next year's flowers. Mistletoe is very difficult to control because reinfestation occurs from nearby infected trees. An infected branch must be removed at its points of origin and at least 1 foot below the cluster.

Like so many Australian natives, emu bush (Eremophila glabra) is both heat and drought tolerant and a great plant for our area. Hummingbirds absolutely love it, and it's an excellent choice for any water wise garden, either in a mixed border or mass planted as a ground cover.

D is for Delightful Dahlias and for December. That should help you remember that if you are a dahlia devotee, the growing cycle of the dahlia is from December to December. What we do with our dahlias in December directly determines the direction dahlias will develop.

Tucked into one corner of the beautifully renovated Chapman Park is a small space destined to have a large impact: the Chapman Park Community Garden. Chapman Park sits on three acres adjacent to the Dorothy F. Johnson Center in the heart of the Chapman neighborhood.