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from CA Avocado Society/CA Avocado Commission/University of CA Cooperative Extension June 15 (9 - 11 AM) Seminar/Webinar Topic Dealing with Hot Times in the Avocado Orchard: What is done by others to mediate Heat.
Seen any European wool carder bees lately? European wool carder bees (so named because the female collects or cards plant hairs for their nests) are on the move. The bees, about the size of honey bees, are mostly black and yellow.
What Makes a Plant Drought Tolerant? .......................1 A Different Kind of Potato...........2 Whats Wrong with My Tomato?...3 All-Star: Cape Balsam..................4 Hotline FAQ: Gophers..................4 Sustainable Lawn Care ...............5 Nevada County Demonstration Garden News ......
I am frequently asked if I can recommend a book on Soils. And yes, I can. It is Soils: An Introduction by Michael Singer and Donald Munns. The sixth edition recently came out so there's a lot of older used copies floating around on the wed for under $10.
UC Davis professors Diane Ullman and Joanna Chiu of the Department of Entomology and Nematology and UC Davis distinguished professor Walter Leal of the Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology and a former chair of the Department of Entomology, were among those honored at an awards ceremony host...
There is a lot to love about bulbs, especially ones that can naturalize in our clay soil. One I have had success with are Narcissus, especially the tazetta hybrid Paper White.' When the bulb is able to naturalize it starts producing more and more bulbs.
Seeing that I just handled my third call in just a week's time on a weird "lygus sort" of bug appearing in great numbers in some strawberry fields I thought it would be worth a note to share what is going on.
