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I drove down to Ridgecrest last week hoping to check out the wildflowers.

A common springtime nuisance, whitefly populations have escalated this year in California Central Coast areas, reported Megan Healy on KSBY Channel 6 in San Luis Obispo. People are mistaking them for clouds of pollen or ash; some leaves look like they're coated with a thin layer of new-fallen snow.

You've heard of hydroponics and aquaponics, but have you heard of aeroponics? Unlike hydroponic systems where the plant roots are held in a soil-free medium such as sand or gravel in nutrient-rich water, in aeroponics the plant roots are left to dangle in the air in an enclosed environment.

This is an intriguing article that popped up about how to improve blueberry production in alkaline soils. High pH soils are a major issues for many of our tree crops along the coast.

Book of the Month - 100 Flowers and How They Got Their Names Ornamental Plant of the Month - Spotted Bee Balm Edible Plant of the Month - Spring Irrigation Tune-up Recipe of the Month - Lemon Cream Pasta with Asparagus ____________________________________________________ Upcoming events for April.

Don't miss Robert Norris' photo exhibit... "Unseen Flowers" April 1-May 31, 2019 Buehler Alumni Center, UC Davis You are invited to the reception on Thursday, April 4, 2019 from 4:30-7:30 PM. UNSEEN FLOWERS focus-stacked & macrophotography of weeds (mostly) Photographer: Robert F.

Dear Colleagues, UC ANR academics and staff are invited to serve as peer reviewers for the NIFA Children, Youth, and Families at Risk (CYFAR) Program.

Recently, someone called our office needing help identifying a plant he said was taking over his landscape and crowding out his other plants. The caller noted that the original patch of this plant had doubled in size since last year. He described it as having clover-like leaves and yellow flowers.

Why silver digger bees are like gold... Remember those "long lost" silver digger bees found last week at the San Francisco Presidio? They hadn't been seen in large aggregations for nearly a century.

UC Davis entomologist Leslie Saul-Gershenz lent her expertise when a volunteer discovered what turned out to be "long-lost" silver digger bees in restored sand dunes at the San Francisco Presidio, a former military post now owned and operated by the National Park Service.