Test PB Collection: FTE

UC Cooperative Extension and UC Davis will host a Healthy Soils Program field meeting on compost. The meeting will take place on Thursday, July 28th from 10:00am to 11:30am. The meeting will take place off of S. Landi Road, on Roberts Island in the Delta.

Tomatillos (Physalis ixocarpa) are so easy to grow, they are almost weeds. Since I first grew them long ago, they have returned to my garden every year, reseeding with gusto and growing like weeds. They have been productive and trouble free for me, until last year.

Linked here is a beautifully assembled copy of my talk on our UCCE Cost and Return Study for Conventional Strawberries at the CalPoly Strawberry Center this past May.

Summer is here, and so is the Stanislaus County Fair! Our local University of California Cooperative Extension (UCCE) Master Gardener Program volunteers are excited to have a presence at the fair this year.

This workshop in English will present information for nursery and greenhouse growers, managers, and personnel on plant nutrition and fertilizer management with a focus on crops in containers. With demonstrations and hands-on activities.

Summer is high rattlesnake season for us in California. Classified as a native reptile, the rattlesnake is the only venomous snake in California. At least six species are found in various areas of the state, from below sea level to 11,000 feet.

Insecticide resistance in alfalfa weevils is spreading across California Insecticide resistance is alive and well in alfalfa. Growers in Scott Valley, Palo Verde Valley, and the Los Banos area have reported issues with control failures for alfalfa weevil. In 2016, Dr. Steve Orloff and Dr.

E is for Earwigs - The Cringe-worthy Earwig For most people, there is something cringe-worthy about the ubiquitous earwig.

No assassinations today! But an "assassination attempt." There it was, a leafhopper assassin bug, Zelus renardii, waiting for prey atop a Mexican sunflower, Tithonia rotundifola in a Vacaville pollinator garden. Yes, it's native to North America.

Friend or Foe? Insect? Bug? Beneficial? Pest? Insect Relative? Pollinator? Other? All these terms, and the creatures/animals they represent, can fall into, What's Bugging Me.