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Town halls move to 2 p.m. on third Thursdays

January 4, 2021
By Pamela S Kan-Rice
Mark your calendars for the next UC ANR Virtual Town Hall on Thursday, Feb. 18, from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. Login info and past recordings are located at https://ucanr.edu/sites/anrstaff/All_Hands. Town halls are usually held on the third Thursday of each month.
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Kale January
Healthy Central Sierra: Article

January's Harvest of the Month: Kale

January 4, 2021
January is a time many of us turn to healthier foods, and one good way to do that is to include leafy greens in our daily meals. Kale is a particularly nutritious green vegetable, whether eaten cooked until tender or raw in salads and smoothies.
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Preservation Notes - San Joaquin Master Food Preservers: Article

There's More to Butter Than Just Peanuts

January 4, 2021
By William Loyko Jr.
What is your favorite spread to go along with peanut butter. Typically we choose a jelly or a jam or marmalade or some fruit topping made with fruit, sugar and pectin. We have many recipes for many different fruits and fruit combinations for our jellies and jams.
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photo by Jennifer Baumbach
Under the Solano Sun: Article

Preparing for Winter Frost

January 4, 2021
Now that rain has returned to Solano County and the nights are chilly, it's time to get prepared to protect your plants from upcoming freezes. Just a reminder there are a few simple steps you can take now to protect frost-sensitive plants from damage or death due to freezing temperatures.
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Watch Avocado Grow

January 4, 2021
By Ben A Faber
Guacamole from Mexico Fuels Surge of Avocado Imports This new article from the Giannini Foundation looks at factors associated with recent rapid growth in demand for processed avocados, including adaptation and adoption of High-Pressure Processing (HPP) technology.
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Peach leaves deformed by peach leaf curl. (Jack Kelly Clark)

Time to Treat for Peach Leaf Curl

January 4, 2021
By Anne E Schellman
Peach leaf curl is a disease that affects peach and nectarine trees. Although you may not see symptoms right now in the dormant season in California, it's time to think about treatment, especially if your tree had the disease last year.
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Spill the Beans: Article

Meditation Labyrinth

January 4, 2021
by Melody Kendall Labyrinths have been around for centuries. They are not designed like a maze to confuse and confine, but are created to be open and straightforward. Labyrinths are meandering and often unicursal: (a new word for me) being composed entirely of a single continuous path or line.
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New/Unknown watergrass biotype in the field.
UC Weed Science (weed control, management, ecology, and minutia): Article

Preliminary Herbicide Screening in Rice on Watergrass Species

January 3, 2021
By Whitney B Brim-Deforest
In 2017, I started getting reports of a watergrass biotype/species (Echinochloa spp.) that was difficult to control using our suite of herbicides registered in rice.
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