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By Melody Kendall Yesterday, while I was walking in my garden eating my fruit and yogurt breakfast, I noticed an object under my lace leaf maple (Acer palmatum). Upon closer inspection I almost lost what breakfast I had consumed.

What is a Pollinator? Bees are famous for spreading pollen from flower to flower but just about anything that helps distribute pollen from one plant to another can be called a pollinator.

UC ANR research helps Southern California farmers conserve water by an average of 15% and encourages others to make region-specific crop management and irrigation decisions, contributing to UC ANR's public value of protecting California's natural resources.

by Penny Pawl, UC Master Gardener of Napa County I love hellebores because they stay green all year, bloom in the winter and don't take a lot of water to keep them happy. Hellebores are called Lenten roses by some because they start to bloom around the time of Lent. But they are not roses.

Christmas in May? When it's in full bloom, the aptly named "tower of jewels," Echium wildpretii, which can tower as high as 10 feet, looks very much like a Christmas tree. Think of the brilliant red blossoms as red bells. Native to the island of Tenerife, it belongs to the family Boraginaceae.

Hello Please see this article on Managing through this Drought, written by Sheila Barry, Bay Area Livestock Natural Resource Advisor, UC Cooperative Extension. She had included some very good information.

Please see the attached announcement for a Virtual Organic Wheat Field Day to be held 5/21/21 from 9-10AM.

When buildings have had low or no water use for example, during COVID-19 pandemic closures it is important to restart building plumbing systems safely.

Postdoctoral researcher Manuela Ramalho of the Corrie Moreau lab, Cornell University, will present an online seminar hosted by the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology on Wednesday, May 19 on "Exploring Connections among Microbial Community, Ecology and Phylogenetic History of Ants.

Since last July, the Master Gardeners have been working diligently at the ESVC native plant demonstration garden. We have removed the huge weeds (largely bassia) that had overtaken the garden and continue to monitor the area to restrict the growth of new weeds.