Test PB Collection: FTE

If you're looking for a low-maintenance perennial that is one smart plant, consider the Japanese anemone. This member of the Ranunculaceae family knows its place on a gardener's calendar.

The New Year is a time when many people make resolutions to exercise more, eat better, and be more organized. My resolutions include all of these, but especially getting rid of some stuff around the house my family doesn't need anymore.

Butterfly heaven! Entomologist Jeff Smith, who curates the butterfly and moth collection at the Bohart Museum of Entomology, UC Davis, is in butterfly heaven.

Our latest class is coming up--DIY Fermetation! Freshly fermented foods are delicious, and if you have never had home-made, home-fermented sauerkraut, you are in for a treat. Make sure you attend this class for really good, easy-to-do, home-fermented sauerkraut.

SAVE THE DATE! The 2018 Southern San Joaquin Livestock Symposium is coming up on: Thursday, February 22nd in Bakersfield, CA, from 8 AM to 12 PM.

Reposted from the UCANR News Newly minted UC fire scientist Kate Wilkin moves into fire country Fire scientist Kate Wilkin was on the job just a few weeks when ferocious winds whipped up the Northern California firestorm of 2017.

Camellia petal blight affects all cultivars of Camellia japonica. Camellia sasanqua is infected less often in California. Identification Infection by the Ciborinia camelliae fungus initially causes small, brown, irregularly shaped blotches in petals.

As we come to the end of another record hot summer, there's little doubt left that we need to think and rethink our plantings for every season. We have had a most timely volume on our book shelf for several years and I recently took a closer look at it.

"Just call it a "Day of Insect Art!" Sunday afternoon, Jan. 21 promises to be a day of inspiration, creativity and delight when the Bohart Museum of Entomology hosts an open house, "Bug-Art@The Bohart" from 1 to 4 p.m. in Room 1124 of the Academic Surge Building, Crocker Lane.

Bug-Art@The Bohart" will set the theme for the Bohart Museum of Entomology open house from 1 to 4 p.m., Sunday, Jan. 21 in Room 1124 of the Academic Surge Building, Crocker Lane.