Test PB Collection: FTE

Interesting farm call here that at first piqued my attention as a possibly serious disease situation but in the end turned out to not be. See the photos below. Affected strawberry plants presented with discolored leaves and stunted growth typical of nutrient deficiency or viral infection.

Some months ago, I was reading about the opening of a cafe/restaurant in San Francisco which served Paleo-oriented, non-GMO, and mostly grain-free cuisine, and that article referenced Mission Heirloom Garden Cafe in Berkeley, CA, as being the only other restaurant of its kind in the Bay Area.

Spring is here, flowers are blooming and wildlife abounds.

What's better than a yellow-faced bumble bee (Bombus vosnesenskii) on yellow mustard? Not much. Both are signs of early spring. Mustard is popping up all over, along with oxalyis and wild radish. The earth is warming. Spring is here. Get ready.

SSJV UCCE/DWR Weekly Water Use Report: nuts, citrus, grapes, stonefruit.

The California Department of Water Resources and the University of California Cooperative Extension have teamed up to provide Weekly ET Reports to agricultural water users to assist with irrigation scheduling.

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Susan Lafferty and I attended this workshop for school and community gardens. This was a great hands on workshop to learn how to assess or plan a garden site. We learned about soil types, how to plot out your garden to harvest vegetables at a certain time and square foot gardening techniques.

When: Saturday April 14, 10 to noon Where: Colusa National Wildlife Refuge (Hwy 20 between Williams and Colusa) Fee: $5 includes a milkweed plant Learn about Monarch butterflies and why milkweed is so important. Lora Haller from the Sacramento Wildlife Refuge Complex will give the presentation.

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