**** Students, it is the time of year to apply for the CWSS Student Scholarship! Awards will be given to both graduate and undergraduate students ranging from $1,000-2,000. Any students interested in Weed Science should apply! Click here to submit an application and for further instruction.
It's springtime, and many of us are adding new plants to our gardens. That means it is also a good time to review the principles of creating defensible space around our homes.
I planted bulbs for the first time this year. I'm not sure why I never did this before, especially since my first Aha! moment of plant growing came from a pot of crocus bulbs I received when I was 11.
Like to participate in an evening City Nature Challenge Bioblitz on the UC Davis campus and search for insects? And document other fauna and flora, as well?
Calandrinia (aka Cistanthe) spectabilis (Rock Purslane) Calandrinia, recently renamed Cistanthe for its Cistus-like flowers, is native to Chile and a real stand out in our hot dry summers. Gray green succulent foliage forms a clump 12 to 18 inches tall and up to 3 feet wide.
Celebrate spring by giving a basket of flowers or vegetables to someone special. Tasks Pull weeds and hoe often to minimize reseeding. After mulching, check to make sure your irrigation runs are watering through the mulch to the correct rooting depth. If not, increase run times.
Put on your rain gear and join us this Saturday, Saturday, April 13th 2024 from 10am 2pm at the Pollinator Festival. at the La Loma Pollinator Garden on 2000 Encina Avenue in Modesto. A pollinator parade starts at 10:15 a.m. so wear a costume and join in! Enjoy face painting, music, and more.
Nationally recognized and long time California strawberry entomologist Frank Zalom will join Christine Tabuloc and myself this coming Friday April 19 at my office in Watsonville to discuss recent developments in insecticide resistance in our populations of spotted wing drosophila (SWD).
The workshop is a collaboration between University of California, Riverside, University of California ANR, Colorado State University Extension, Kansas State University, University of Arizona, Central Arizona Project, and USDA-ARS.
