Test PB Collection: FTE

Scott Stoddard, University of California Cooperative Extension (Merced County) Farm Advisor, takes a look at weeds in a corn field, cotton field and a ditch in the Dos Palos area. He discusses cultural management, biological management and possible benefits of weeds. https://youtu.

By Cindy Watter, UC Master Gardener of Napa County After the sedate revelry of our pandemic purgatory (and a happy new year to us all), it is time to get back to work in the garden.

Learning more about insects ought to be one of your New Year's resolutions. Here's a good place to start: read the UC Davis Bohart Museum of Entomology's Insect Information Sheets.

I love a well prepared turkey. The crisp skin, the juicy dark meat and the white meat leftover for sandwiches. Its too bad we only have turkey ba few times a year. But one thing we do have, and we have it often is chicken.

Researchers from Sacramento State and the University of California, Riverside are requesting input from citrus industry members to help examine the economics of Asian citrus psyllid (ACP) and huanglongbing (HLB) management in California citrus groves.

Freezing temperatures damage plants by causing ice crystals to form in their cells. Frost-damaged vegetation withers and turns a dark brown or black. Ice crystals can also form in citrus fruit, causing juice vesicles inside the fruit to rupture and the fruit to dry out.

Boxwood. You see it all over and for good reason. They are oh so versatile, easy to prune and shape, and a lovely bright green. They've been a mainstay of residential and commercial landscapes for as long as I can remember.

The year 2020 felt like a close encounter of the worst kind. The raging COVID-19 pandemic, the California wildfires, the political scene, the poverty, the racial uprisings, the stay-at-home mandates, the strife...

With the rainy season coming our way, I've had a sense of optimism I've had a hard time finding these days. I've always loved the rain. As a young student growing up in the tropics, I loved the rainy season when we had typhoon No. 2 and didn't have to go to school.

How do I keep my poinsettia alive and then get it to bloom again next year? Most of us can keep them alive, however, to get them to bloom and display color we enjoy during the holiday season is difficult and sometimes achievable with a lot of effort.