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Strawberries and Caneberries: Article

Green Plastic Isn't Necessarily Green

December 27, 2018
By Mark P Bolda
A lot of growers already know this, but here we have a clear (no pun intended) demonstration that the thin colored plastics deployed as mulch in our strawberries are not as opaque as one would think.
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Napa Master Gardener Column: Article

Growing Grains at Home.

December 26, 2018
By T. Eric Nightingale, UC Master Gardener of Napa County If you are like me, you have occasionally daydreamed of a life on a farm.
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Tehama County: Article

January 2019

December 26, 2018
HAPPY NEW YEAR! Welcome 2019 with a new look! Favorite Foods Day, January 19 Club Reports Awards and Loans available 4-H, FFA, Grange and Independent Agreement 4-H Uniforms, Fees, Fundraising and Incentives and more!...
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Queen and her court. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Entomology & Nematology News: Article

'Beekeeping and Management' Track on Feb. 10 at Vet Med

December 26, 2018
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
"Beekeeping and Management" will be part of the two-day UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine's 2019 winter conference presented by its Center for Continuing Education in February 2019. The conference, covering several vet med topics or tracks, is set for Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 9-10.
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A yellow-faced bumble bee, Bombus vosnesenskii, heading toward California poppy,Eschscholzia californica. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

The Big 43: The California Native Plants, Plus One, Studied in UC Davis Research

December 25, 2018
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
When pollination ecologists from the Neal Williams lab at the University of California Davis--Ola Lundin, Kimiora Ward and Professor Williams--recently published their research in the Journal of Applied Ecology on "Identifying Native Plants for Coordinated Habitat Management of Arthropod Pollinators...
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A honey bee heads toward a tower of jewels, Echium wildpretii. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

Merry Buzzworthy Christmas!

December 25, 2018
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Feeling the buzz on Christmas Day? Bugs on your Christmas tree? You may have overlooked another "present": eggs of the invasive spotted landernfly may be on your tree.
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A cabbage white butterfly, Pieris rapae, nectaring on catmint in Vacaville, Calif. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Entomology & Nematology News: Article

Art Shapiro Sponsoring 'Beer for a Butterfly' Contest

December 24, 2018
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Suds for a bug? A pitcher of beer for a butterfly? It's all in the interest of science. Beginning Jan. 1, Art Shapiro, distinguished professor of evolution and ecology at the University of California, Davis, is sponsoring his annual Beer for a Butterfly Contest.
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A monarch chrysalis hangs like an ornament. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

'Twas the Night Before Chrysalis...

December 24, 2018
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
'Twas the night before Christmas when all through the house Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse --Clement Clarke Moore We never tire of hearing that immortal poem, but this year let's offer another version: 'Twas the night before chrysalis when all through the land Not a monarch was stirri...
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