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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.
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.
Author/s: Richard Smith, Joji Muramoto and Patricia Love UCCE Farm Advisor, Extension Specialist and Staff Research Associate In the fall, following the crop production season, residual soil nitrate-nitrogen (N) levels increase when N-rich residues from crops such as broccoli are incorporated into t...
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.