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Now You See It, Now You Don't. A Note about Fruit Ripening in Blackberry

August 14, 2025
By Mark P Bolda
A persistent question this time of year is why sometimes blackberry fruit are not ripening. They go through flower, green fruit and then to red, but once at that stage some (or many, I have even witnessed cases of all, really sad) stay red and simply refuse to ripen.As many readers of this blog know this is…
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Praying mantis, Stagmomantis limbata, waiting for lunch. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

Ms. Mantis Waiting for Lunch

August 13, 2025
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
  Bee and butterflies love the patch of Mexican sunflowers (Tithonia rotundifola) in our Vacaville garden.For several months now, they've been buzzing and fluttering around the six-to-eight-foot-high plants, sipping nectar and returning for more.  It's a serene place for pollinators except for…
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UC Environmental Stewards: Event

California Naturalist Course with Effie Yeaw Nature Center

Sep 15, 2025 - Nov 17, 2025

The Effie Yeaw Nature Center offers the California Naturalist certification class in Carmichael (Sacramento County). The 40-hour course combines a science curriculum with guest lecturers, field trips and project-based learning to explore the unique ecology and natural history of California, with an…
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California Naturalist Course with Cuesta College

Sep 19, 2025 - Nov 7, 2025

Cuesta College’s California Naturalist course is composed of 8 Fridays, totaling 40 hours of instruction plus driving time and lunch breaks. Each Friday starts on campus with a classroom presentation, followed by a field trip. Field trips are by private vehicle (carpool) and include one mile of walking. The…
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Green Blog: Article

The (chicken) show must go on: 4-H turns bird flu into learning opportunity

August 13, 2025
By Caroline D Champlin
Summertime is usually the prime season for 4-H youth to competitively show chickens at their local fairgrounds. But earlier this year, the California State Veterinarian put a ban on poultry exhibitions because of the ongoing outbreak of bird flu. In response, experts from University of California Agriculture…
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{PODCAST] Kids Summer Gardening Projects
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{PODCAST] Kids Summer Gardening Projects

Aug 13, 2025

This week on In the Garden with UC Master Gardeners, we bring you a repeat of a show from 2017 when UC Master Gardener Host Sally Richards interviewed fellow MGs Debra Koskoff and Deb Ringler to let you know ways to lure your kids away from the electronics and get them out into the garden! The three…
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{PODCAST] Kids Summer Gardening Projects

August 13, 2025
By Loren Nelson
This week on In the Garden with UC Master Gardeners, we bring you a repeat of a show from 2017 when UC Master Gardener Host Sally Richards interviewed fellow MGs Debra Koskoff and Deb Ringler to let you know ways to lure your kids away from the electronics and get them out into the garden! The three…
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