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Advice for the Home Gardener From the Help Desk of the UC Master Gardener Program of Contra Costa County Client's Request: I need some help in ridding my raised vegetable beds of white grubs. This is a school garden and I haven't had this problem before.

IGIS is thrilled to welcome Jacob Flanagan to our team. Jacob will be with IGIS through the end of June 2018 as a Drone Technician and Data Analyst. Jacob comes to IGIS with a broad background in UAV technology, GIS, computer science, and remote sensing.

Last week at the Hasting Natural Reserve in Monterey County, IGIS joined forces with The Wildlife Society Western Section for a workshop on drone mapping for wildlife biologists.

The challenges of caring for houseplants are often underestimated, and the successes rarely celebrated. A flower garden is easily visible to passersby, who may stop to discuss it and compliment you on your green thumb. Indoors, however, our efforts (sometimes, thankfully) go unseen.

Consider the tsetse fly. The tsetse fly (Glossina genus), found in sub-Saharan Africa, transmits Trypanosomiasis, a parasitic disease that we commonly refer to as "sleeping sickness.

7th VENTURA COUNTY SPRAY SAFE EVENT MARCH 20, 2018 VENTURA COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS How Water Quality Regulations Address Pesticide Use and Safety Jenny Newman, TMDL Unit Chief, Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board Understanding the Pesticide Registration Process Debbie Stubbs, Regulatory Pro...

The language of flowers . . . UC Master Gardeners Janice Encinger and Iris Craig have been doing their research! They prepared this for our Valentine's Day newspaper column in the Napa Valley Register, and here it is again, with pictures. Valentine's Day will soon be here.

Flyer for: 2018 California Beef Cattle Grazing School April 27-28, 2018 UC Sierra Foothill Research and Extension Center 8279 Scott Forbes Road, Browns Valley, CA...

When you hear those three little words, "Integrated Pest Management," you immediately think of two words, "Frank Zalom." They go together like superman (Clark Kent) and supervillian (Lex Luthor). Or like Coccinellidae (lady beetles) and Aphididae (aphids).

Monitor for rodent activity and use bait stations before the growing season to prevent problems, UC ANR scientists recommend. Roof rats are running rampant in California orchards this year, according to UC Agriculture and Natural Resources scientists.