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Our bush above was approximately 6 feet wide by 3.5 feet tall. photo by Cindy Yee
Under the Solano Sun: Article

Goodbye to My Gorgeous Invasive Plant

November 8, 2024
We had this innocent-looking large bush in our front yard for probably 20 years. It had drip irrigation, but maybe that wasn't enough because as our area became drier and hotter with climate change, the bush stopped flowering.
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Fresno Gardening Green: Article

Rosie’s Corner: If you don't have a yard, grow roses in a pot

November 8, 2024
It's a time of transition for the weather and daylight (back to standard time. Sigh, I like the later sunsets). Mother Nature is giving us a break from the awful heat we had this summer. However, forecasters predict a warmer and drier month than normal.
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Harvest fall foliage and vegetables to make an autumn centerpiece. (Photo: PickPic)
Fresno Gardening Green: Article

This week in the garden: Nov. 8 - 14

November 8, 2024
Create a visual feast with pomegranates, miniature pumpkins, Indian corn, gourds, fall flowers, and herbs from your garden. Tasks The tuberous roots of sweet potatoes will be ruined if the foliage is damaged by frost. Harvest before freezing temperatures kill the vines. Use fall leaves as mulch.
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Milkweed seeds. Laura Lukes
The Real Dirt: Article

Collecting Seeds to Create Native Plant Spaces for Wildlife

November 8, 2024
The Nature Conservancy (TNC) excels at native plant restoration and ecosystem stewardship on a landscape-wide scale. By creating, extending, and conserving native habitat, they provide permanent and migratory wildlife species the spaces they need in order to thrive.
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photo by Loralei Dewe
Under the Solano Sun: Article

Fall Planting #2

November 7, 2024
When I decided to pursue my project of growing 3 citrus trees in 1 pot, I did a lot of research on high-density planting, so I would be successful. Here are some of the important points I found: 1) Plant trees of the same species.
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Postdoctoral research scientist James Starrett, of the arachnology lab of Professor Jason Bond, director of the Bohart Museum, gets ready to eat a crickette. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Pass the Crickets, Please!

November 7, 2024
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
"Crickets, anyone? Free sample!" Tabatha Yang, education and outreach coordinator for the Bohart Museum of Entomology, sits at a table at a Bohart open house and points to a line of small paper cups, each containing three "Crickettes.
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Topics in Subtropics: Article

Care of Fire or Frost Damaged Trees

November 7, 2024
By Ben A Faber
Recent and recurring fires are a problem where both citrus and avocado are grown in California.The winter forecast is out from NOAA and it looks like there might be frost in our future. What do you do if it hits your trees? https://www.noaa.
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Topics in Subtropics: Article

Fire Information for Tree Crop Growers

November 7, 2024
By Ben A Faber
The following is a compendium of blogs for growers to help with the recent fire damage in the Ventura area: Tree and Vine Loss Calculators Spread sheets to help you calculate loss Calculate Cost of Fire Damage to Avocado and Citrus Trees Information from Ben Faber, Soils and Water, Avocado and Minor...
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ANR Contracts & Grants Updates: Article

Research Program to Address H5N1 Risk to Swine

November 6, 2024
By Kendra T Rose
Dear Colleagues, The Swine Health Information Center (SHIC), in collaboration with the Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research (FFAR) and the Pork Checkoff, has launched a $4 million research initiative to strengthen the U.S.
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