Test PB Collection: FTE

News from the Ventura County ACP-HLB Task Force Winter 2019 area-wide treatment cycle has begun This is a reminder that the Winter 2019 area-wide management (AWM) treatment window opened Jan.7.

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).

No winner yet. The annual Beer for a Butterfly" or "Suds for a Bug" contest has not produced a winner. But somewhere out there, is a cabbage white butterfly taking its first flight.

Jennifer Goerlitz, 4-H youth development program representative for Calaveras County, passed away Dec. 17, 2018. She was 54. Goerlitz was the 4-H program coordinator for Calaveras County for 30 years, first with Calaveras County. She transitioned to UC Cooperative Extension in 2012.

Dr. Beth Grafton-Cardwell's entomology staff researchers Stephanie Doria, Joel Leonard, and Matt Morris as well as Lindcove staff researcher Sal Barcenas have been on the hunt for Fuller rose beetle eggs in an experiment at Lindcove.

One of the highlights of our trip to Germany in October was a trip to the Black Forest Open-air Museum Vogtsbauernhof at Gutach.

A Healthy Soils Demonstration project was recently launched at Sierra Foothill REC in experimental rangeland plots in the Forbes pasture.

In a period when we've had high rains, it's very difficult to manage excessive winter growth in a Mediterranean climate.

The other day as I noticed the bright shoots of green from daffodil bulbs popping up from under the leaves, I was reminded of the silly little sprinklers lining the landscaped space near my family home.

I seem to be missing a few blog posts. Apparently, I need to learn how to write directly into the portal and actually make the post. I realized the other day that some of the posts I thought I had made were missing so I must have failed to save the post.