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Please join the UC Master Gardeners of Colusa County for our Open House Thursday June 26 4-6pm 100 Sunrise Blvd, Colusa Conference room...

Hand weeding is undoubtedly the oldest method of weed control, as old as agriculture itself. The weed uprooted by hand pulling or with a hoe dies from desiccation.

Just call it sleeping with the enemy. But how can you sleep when you sense a predator in your midst? Last night, as usual, was Boys' Night Out in our lavender patch.

In the entomological world, we call that a "two-fer." Two insects in the same photo. Sunday morning we spotted a fiery skipper butterfly (Hylephila phyleus) on an artichoke leaf. It was warming its flight muscles, maybe to flutter over to the lavender for a sip of nectar.

From the Invasive Plants in Southern California blog :: Nov. 22, 2013 Hi All. In my last blog the subject was about what I had learned regarding the use herbicides as a tool for effective passive restoration of CSS and native grassland habitats.

From the Invasive Plants in Southern California blog :: Jan. 24, 2014 Tips on applying herbicides The table below is from training that my colleagues Dr. Cheryl Wilen, Area Advisor, UC IPM; Dr.

An apple a day may keep the doctor away, but thankfully, they don't keep our bees away. The blossoms, that is. We need those pollinators! During National Pollinator Week, June 16-22, it's a good idea to pay tribute to the apple.

It is still too early to know if this is going to be a year with high incidence and severity of rice blast.

As we near the end of celebrating National Pollinator Week, June 16-22, look around and see all the insects foraging on reddish-orange flowers. And occasionally, you might see a reddish-orange insect like the showy Gulf Fritillary butterfly.

Author: Paul Spraycar, The Nature Conservancy BirdReturns is a new program from the Nature Conservancy (TNC), organized in cooperation with the California Rice Commission BirdReturns compensates growers to provide shorebird habitat manage your straw and maintain at least 2 of water for 2-8 weeks in...