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by Cynthia Kerson Being a UC Master Gardener of Napa County has many joys in volunteering to educate home gardeners. In between volunteering, our members decided to tour each others gardens during spring and summer months.

Napa Valley has a unique plant growing along its waterways, especially along the Napa River. It is Dutchman's pipevine (Aristolochia californica) and it is native to California.

The plants are lush and green, and the harvest has been plentiful in the Edible Garden in July. Contributions to the IVC farm stand and Community Supported Agriculture included summer squash, cucumbers, beets, onions, carrots, fennel, rhubarb, and basil...

Happy Friday! In this issue, you'll find updates on our recent community outreach, upcoming online Garden Talks, a job opportunity, and more.

During the 11th annual National Moth Week, one thing's for sure: Beekeepers won't be celebrating the beauty, life cycle, or habitat of the Greater Wax Moth (Galleria mellonella), also known as "the honeycomb moth." It's a major pest of bee colonies that aren't maintained well.

UC ANR's controller Jake McGuire, who also served as chief ethics and compliance officer and locally designated official, retired at the end of June 2022.

Un nuevo invernadero, valuado en poco ms de 5 millones de dlares se encuentra bajo construccin en el campus de la Universidad de California en Davis, para proteger a una importante coleccin de uvas de vino de la enfermedad mancha roja y otros patgenos.

Emy joined our UCCE San Bernardino County Master Gardener team during our first online training ever in 2020. She jumped right in and was excited to learn all about gardening and to share her passion for gardening with her peers.

Eric Hamilton Eric.hamilton@ufl.edu Root-farming gophers might be our closest agricultural relatives Although you'll probably never see them, you can spot them by the tell-tale mounds of sandy soil dotting a field: pocket gophers.

An astounding number of species populate the wild buckwheat genus Eriogonum - over 250, according to the CALFLORA website. And, due to their propensity to hybridize, active speciation continues as we speak. There are species for almost every letter of the alphabet, from A (E. abertianum) to Z (E.