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Landscape Horticulture Updates for Southern California: Article

Tips for Enhancing the Fire-Resistance of Your Home Landscape

September 27, 2020
By Janet S Hartin
Welcome to another New Normal! Due to climate change resulting in hotter, drier conditions and reduced snowpack, the occurrence of a fire season which traditionally occurred from May through October is becoming a misnomer, with fire occurring throughout the year.
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Napa Master Gardener Column: Article

Asian Citrus Psyllid and Huanglongbing Disease

September 27, 2020
By Susanne von Rosenberg, UC Master Gardener of Napa County If you're observant and you own citrus trees, you may have noticed that they usually have three flushes of growth each yearin spring, summer and fall. Young citrus trees and lemons tend to flush periodically year-round.
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Garden Notes: Article

Fall Garden Chores: October, November, and December

September 26, 2020
The desire for the peace, exercise, produce, or the beauty gardening brings into our lives seems to be gaining in popularity as we progress toward the end of 2020. Again, this quarter's chores will concentrate on just four chores per month one per week.
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Garden Notes: Article

Plants of the Season: October - December 2020

September 26, 2020
VINE: Wisteria. There are three species of Wisteria commonly planted in our area. They are legumes and can fix nitrogen, so no nitrogen fertilizer is needed. The Japanese wisteria (Wisteria floribunda) was introduced into the US in 1830. It can grow to a height of 30 feet and has blue flowers.
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Artist Lisa Rico painted this photo of lavender and bees for the Vacaville Fire Art Project she founded. It's titled "Making Honey" and was purchased by Andrea Hofmann-Miller. Among fire victims were beekeepers and Girl on the Hill Boutique Vineyard and Lavender.
Bug Squad: Article

Beekeepers Among Those Benefiting from Vacaville Fire Art Project

September 25, 2020
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Some lost everything: Their homes, their barns, their farm animals, their bees, their livelihoods. The recent wildfire that roared through rural Vacaville, reaching the outer edges of the city, seared the souls of the victims but what's happening now is warming their hearts.
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Food Blog: Article

UC explores alternatives to fumigants for strawberries

September 25, 2020
By Pamela S Kan-Rice
Strawberries, which generated $2.2 billion for California growers mainly on the coast in 2019, are sensitive to soilborne diseases. Strawberry plant roots infected by fungi are unable to take in nutrients and water, causing the leaves and stems to wilt.
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ANR Employee News: Article

In memoriam: Daniel Ross Gallie

September 25, 2020
By Pamela S Kan-Rice
Daniel Ross Gallie, UC Riverside professor of biochemistry, passed away Sept. 13, 2020, at the age of 63 after a five-year struggle with cancer. He earned his B.S. in chemistry and cellular and molecular biology from the University of Michigan in 1979 and his Ph.D.
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