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Helen Cope Underhill
ANR Employee News: Article

In memoriam: Helen Underhill

February 26, 2024
By Pamela S Kan-Rice
Helen Cope Underhill, former UC Cooperative Extension home advisor, passed away Jan. 2, 2024, at age 99. After attending Cooperative Extension home demonstration club meetings with her mother when she was a young girl in Alabama, Underhill decided she wanted to become a home demonstration agent.
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Jeane Johnson
ANR Employee News: Article

In memoriam: Jeane Johnson

February 26, 2024
By Pamela S Kan-Rice
Jeane Greenawalt Johnson, former 4-H home advisor in Ventura County, died Feb. 2 in Los Gatos. She was 97. Johnson graduated from Kansas State University with a bachelor's degree in home economics in 1947 and later a bachelor's degree in education from San Jose State University.
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The flooded garden needed time to dry out after the February rains.
UC Marin Master Gardeners: Article

March 2024: Making Soil for Seeds

February 26, 2024
The rain in February flooded the areas around the garden beds in the Edible Demo Garden. Volunteers were busy digging trenches to redirect the water away from the planted areas and salvaging any crops that were still productive.
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HOrT COCO-UC Master Gardener Program of Contra Costa: Article

Creating a Family Garden Bed

February 26, 2024
By Help Desk Team
Most of us in urban and suburban areas don't have enough room for a large edible garden. Our space is limited for growing vegetables, so we need to try different techniques to maximize our yields.
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Walter Leal, UC Davis distinguished professor, recipient of Academic Senate's Distinguished Faculty Research Award.

UC Davis Professors Leal, Yang and Chiu: Distinguished Awards

February 25, 2024
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
(Note: The main UC Davis Department of Entomology news page is at https://entomology.ucdavis.edu.) UC Davis Distinguished Professor Walter Leal: Third Academic Senate Award The saying, Good things come in threes, or Omne trium perfectum, rings true.
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Photo by Cindy Watter
Napa Master Gardener Column: Article

Moving from English-style landscaping to water-wise gardening

February 24, 2024
I enjoy wandering Napa's neighborhoods, admiring the front yards, and noting the changes in landscape gardening styles. There has been quite a metamorphosis over the decades. Many people have moved from lush English-style landscaping to water-wise gardening.
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Molecular geneticist-physiologist Joanna Chiu working in her lab in 2010, shortly after her arrival at UC Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Congrats to Professor Chiu: 'Distinction in Student Mentoring' Award

February 23, 2024
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Congratulations to molecular geneticist-physiologist Joanna Chiu, professor and chair of the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology! She's the recipient of the highly competitive "Distinction in Student Mentoring' Award from the Pacific Branch, Entomology Society of America (PBESA).
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