Test PB Collection: FTE

December arrived and found our team enjoying some well-deserved rest. The planting of our winter garden is finished and now we are just waiting for it to start producing.

What a busy month weve had in the Edibles Demonstration Garden. We finished out the busy summer season by harvesting our winter squash...

This fall our team has been busy ordering seeds for our winter garden and then starting them in the greenhouse to get a good jump on our plantings.

Fall has arrived and the Edibles Demonstration Garden (EDG) has begun the shift to our fall/winter garden.

The April 2021 issue of the Roundup is now available.

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You've heard of "bats in the belfry," right? Well, how about "bees in the bell tower"? The Epiphany Episcopal Church of Vacaville, Calif., has just that: bees in its bell tower. (See Bug Squad blog, Blessed Are the Bees.

Yes, it's that time again where we can all be Irish for a day! I was originally gathering information on another topic when Steve handed me the grocery ads from the mail. Seems like everybody had shamrock plants for sale.

There is a lot of variety in the job of a farm advisor. Some days I'm working with water quality. Other times I answering tree questions. Today I had an insect to identify. It took a little work, but the insects were banded ash borers.

Deadhead (remove spent flowers) to keep your garden fresh and clean. April is the month to start watching for caterpillars and worms and keep them in check. They can wreak havoc if left to go uncontrolled. However, care must be made to safeguard the beneficial birds and such that feed on them.