Test PB Collection: FTE

Melisa Spence, UC Master Food Preserver Online Program Volunteer When I heard that we were highlighting strawberries this month, my mind immediately went to this cornmeal olive oil cake with a strawberry jam swirl from pastry chef Teresa Finney*. Finney suggests using any jam you like or have on hand,…

Penny Pearson, UC Master Food Preserver Online Program TraineeCounty of residence: Placer Image credit: Penny Pearson, 2025.  Some of my earliest—and most vivid—memories are tied to jars. Not just any jars, but the gleaming, jewel-toned jars that lined the walls of my grandparents' root cellar…

General Situation: Daily high temperatures will be swinging between the low 70s and low 90s F over the next 10 days.  These are ideal conditions for thrips development. There are already scattered TSWV infections in crops in Fresno and Kings.  The key objective is to stop these scattered…

General Situation: Daily high temperatures will be swinging between the low 70s and low 90s F over the next 10 days.  These are ideal conditions for thrips development. There are already scattered TSWV infections in crops in Fresno and Kings.  The key objective is to stop these scattered…

General Situation: Daily high temperatures will be swinging between the low 70s and low 90s F over the next 10 days.  These are ideal conditions for thrips development. Thrips development: Generation 2 adults are peaking right now.  Generation 3 will be developing on plants this…

General Situation: Daily high temperatures will be swinging between the low 70s and high 80s F over the next 10 days.  These are ideal conditions for thrips development. Thrips development: Generation 2 adults will reach their peak numbers around May 14th.  Generation 3 will be…

May 2, 2025 UpdateGeneral Situation: Daily high temperatures will be swinging between the low to high 80s F over the next 10 days.  These are ideal conditions for thrips development.  Thrips development: Generation 2 adults will reach their peak numbers in the next few days. …

General Situation: Daily high temperatures will be swinging between the low 70s and high 80s F over the next 10 days.  These are ideal conditions for thrips development. Monday May 5th will be hot and breezy with peak wind speeds between 20 and 25mph.Thrips development: Generation 2 adults will reach…

 If you missed World Robber Fly Day on Wednesday, April 30, not to worry.There's still time to celebrate."The first-ever International Fly Week started April 30 on World Robber Fly Day and ends on World Bee Fly Day on May 6," said UC Davis alumna Brittany Kohler, research assistant in the lab of ant…