Test PB Collection: FTE

Diamondback moth (DBM) is a persistent pest in the Salinas-Castroville area. We were able to find late instar caterpillars in several spots along Blackie road on Tuesday, January 22nd. Basically, these caterpillars were feeding on brassica weeds, located along the side of the road (Fig. 1).

Winter months are an important time in the garden. The shorter days bring a regeneration period for plants and the pollinators that will also emerge in spring. As we tend winter gardens or wait for the spring thaw, there are things we can do now to encourage healthy wildlife, come spring.

The 2019 Beer for a Butterfly contest is over. And the winner isdrum roll Art Shapiro, UC Davis distinguished professor of evolution and ecology.

The Soil Science Society of America had its North American Societies Conference (Canada/Mexico/US combined societies) in San Diego this month - https://www.sacmeetings.org/ 1,700 people came and gave talks.

Dear Monterey County 4-H families and volunteers, With the New Year marks the beginning of our committee planning process for our annual 4-H Camp McCandless 2019.

Hello everyone. There have been a lot of changes to Project Board (and Program Review) lately. I decided it was time to start posting updates in blog form.

My colleague Oleg Daugovish has been super generous and is offering his annual caneberry meeting this year up in Watsonville so we can all be together and mites (including Lewis mite), substrates from an expert, plant nutrition, tunnel management, new variety evaluations for blackberries and raspber...

CASI Website Blog Release January 25, 2019 Rob Roy, NRCS Agronomist in the Fresno Area 3 office, took part in the Soil Health Institute's (SHI) conference held in Chicago, IL January 23rd and 24th and represented the longstanding NRI Project that he's been involved with since 1999 in Five Points, CA...

See attached notice from CDFA State Veterinarian...

Melianthus major is the proper name of my honeybush, but it really deserves a more exotic moniker. This plant is endemic to South Africa and has naturalized in India, Australia, and New Zealand, and it does quite nicely here in Solano County.