Test PB Collection: FTE

This Mother's Day, three generations of my family enjoyed the Ruth Bancroft Gardens in Walnut Creek. I had been to the gardens once before on a Master Gardener field trip. That visit, aside from a few barrel cactus, there had been little in bloom.

En California en las cordilleras montaosas de la Sierra Nevada hay rboles gigantes, hermosos como los pinos, robles, alisos, y secuoyas, pero millones de rboles estn muriendo como resultado de la falta de agua.

When people think of parasites, often what comes to mind are blood-sucking insects like bed bugs, head lice, and fleas or other bodily invaders on or in humans and other animals. But plants can have parasites too.

Day trippers have a calendar full of garden-related excursions in the county including the iconic OC Fair. For staycationers, there are summer garden helpline quandaries to discuss with friends over your next herb-seasoned BBQ.

"A bog is a wetland that accumulates peat, a deposit of dead plant materialoften mosses, and in a majority of cases, sphagnum moss."--Wikipedia. Not so with the Biological Orchard and Gardens (BOG) on the University of California, Davis, campus.

It's getting hot and dry in the Central Valley and the movement of equipment in and out of fields/orchards/vineyards has the potential to stir up a significant amount of dust. Among its other impacts to agriculture (soil erosion, tissue damage, reduced photosynthesis, etc...

UC Cooperative Extension in Merced County and Bowles Farming are hosting the 2nd Annual Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV), Drone, Field Day on Tuesday, June 26, 2018. The event will run from 8:30-11:30 am and will be held at Bowles Farming headquarters in Los Banos (11069 Hereford Road).

The Irrigation Training & Research Center (ITRC) of Cal Poly San Luis Obispo tested 28 different pressure-compensating models of microirrigation emitting devices from a total of nine manufacturers in order to compare independent laboratory testing with manufacturer specifications.

4-H Council Elections- Nominees needed!!, 2018-2019 4-H Program Year Information, 2018 Lake County Fair Information, 4-H Banner Photo Contest, Big Valley Baking Project Update, 2018-2019 4-H Enrollment Instructions, Calendar of Events.

Lavender has for as long as I can remember been one of my favorite scents and favorite plants. I enjoy brushing my hand through the blossoms when I walk by just to stir up the scent. Bees and butterflies are attracted as much as I am.