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Gardening with Young Children; Recipe - Fresh Spring Salad; Gardening Activity - Grow a Dirt Baby; Program Opportunities...

Can infected mosquitoes transmit COVID-19? That's one of the questions slated to be asked at the UC Davis-based COVID webinar, set from 1:30 to 4 p.m., Thursday, April 23, via Zoom and YouTube. Folks are submitting their questions now, and you can, too.

NO, you didn't miss it. It's coming to you https://californiaavocadosociety.org/seminar-presentations.

Daffodils (Narcissus) are about done with blooming. Most are familiar with William Wordsworth's poem I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud which describes finding a field with A host of golden daffodils.

Even as Californians shelter in place to contain the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19, nutritious food remains vital to the health and well-being of our communities.

Please, fill up the registration and survey form at: http://ucanr.edu/survey/survey.

4-H families have been working hard sewing cotton masks for nurses, essential workers, and friends and family! Now that home sewn fabric masks are required in Sonoma County, and N95 masks are reserved for first responders, we are busy sewing up a storm.

In This Issue: Delayed irrigation in walnuts Compost may not improve orchard performance Managing true bugs in almonds...

Benjamin Franklin reportedly said: "Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise." What about the sleeping patterns of bumble bees? Bumble bees are definitely early risers--if the weather cooperates.

By Julie Pramuk, UC Master Gardener of Napa County About a year ago Master Gardeners of Napa County received a request to provide a speaker for a nursing home.