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October means: Pumpkins, Halloween and Harvest Be ready to enjoy ??

Like many people this time of year, I take advantage of arachnophobia, the fear of spiders, by having spiders alongside witches and skeletons among the Halloween dcor in my front yard.

A Master Gardener recently visited the Oak Knoll District vineyard of a fellow Master Gardener and saw a rose bush at the head of each row of Cabernet Sauvignon. You may have noticed the same practice in other vineyards in the valley.

Solins joins UC ANR as new environmental horticulture advisor Joanna Solins joined UC ANR on Oct. 3 as a UC Cooperative Extension environmental horticulture advisor for Sacramento, Solano and Yolo counties.

UC ANR academics met with staff for California members of Congress via Zoom on Oct. 12 to discuss invasive species and pest management. Integrated pest management research is funded through the federal Farm Bill, which is up for renewal in 2023.

I suppose my obsession with the weather apps on my smartphone started during the 2013-2014 drought. I've always been a weather geek, but during that dry spell, I found myself constantly checking multiple apps to see if one held more hope for moisture than another.

Two new members are being recruited for the Sustainable Food Systems Strategic Initiative (SFS) panel. The SFS Initiative is one of five UC ANR Strategic Initiatives that help unify, communicate and advocate for the work we do in UC ANR.

El otoo que trae el anhelado descanso tras el tremendo calorn del verano, tambin nos ofrece dos de las celebraciones ms populares del ao: Halloween y Da de los Muertos.

En los Estados Unidos muchos de nosotros hemos visto y escuchado algo sobre la celebracin mexicana del Da de los Muertos, ya sea por alguna pelcula de terror o en alguna feria comunitaria en donde los nios muestran sus rostros pintados como coloridas calaveras.

Agriculture and the global food supply is threatened by a range of issues including drought, climate impacts, increasing business costs and labor scarcity. To forge solutions to these issues and more, on Oct.