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The Confluence: Article

From being an engineer to researching nature’s engineers

April 27, 2020
By Faith Kearns. When I came face to face with beaver dams for the first time, I had what can only be described as a transformative experience, says Emily Fairfax, an assistant professor of environmental science and resource management at California State University, Channel Islands.
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A praying mantis egg case, ootheca, on the tower of jewels, Echium wildpretii. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A Little Brown, Carefully Wrapped Package in the Garden

April 27, 2020
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
The predator and the prey... Or the predator-to-bee. Currently, honey bees are foraging on our tower of jewels, Echium wildpretii, in our family's pollinator garden in Vacaville, Calif. It's a veritable tower of bees.
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Spring container vegetable gardening basket.
The Stanislaus Sprout: Article

Spring Container Vegetable Gardening Video Available Now!

April 27, 2020
By Anne E Schellman
We are excited to announce the UCCE Stanislaus County Master Gardener Program has started a YouTube Channel! Our goal is to bring you FREE gardening programming asked for by members of the community. Our first video, Spring Container Vegetable Gardening was just posted.
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Fava flowers. photos by Erin Mahaney
Under the Solano Sun: Article

Cover Crop Experiment

April 27, 2020
Last fall I decided to experiment with three different cover crops for my raised vegetable beds. A cover crop serves multiple purposes, including by serving as a green manure that replenishes soil as well as provides weed suppression.
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ANR Employee News: Article

A few thoughts about self-care

April 27, 2020
By Pamela S Kan-Rice
In the midst of a pandemic, it is difficult to define health or healthy in any other terms other than no COVID-19 detected, recovered from COVID-19 or remaining asymptomatic from COVID-19. However, health is not just the absence of disease.
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Ranching in the Sierra Foothills: Article

Marketing Meat: Why It's Not Quite That Simple

April 27, 2020
By Daniel K Macon
Note: This post was adapted from my Foothill Agrarian blog. I've read a number of Twitter threads over the last six weeks that have been focused on supporting local farmers and ranchers during the COVID-19 crisis.
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