UC Master Gardeners of Sacramento County will be on hand to give one-on-one advice based on the most recent research-based sustainable practices along with decades of gardening experience. Bring bagged samples of plants, snap a pic of a mystery pest with your phone or bring a bug in a jar…
Prepare for evacuationConfirm you will receive evacuation notice:Sign-up for cell alerts thru both CodeRED and Nixle.Have a land line phone that does not need power: Many land line telephones, especially portable phones, require power to function and often fail in emergencies. Instead,…
Living with Fire is a challenge in the Sierra Nevada. We live in a fire-adapted ecosystem where wildfires used to burn naturally every 8 to 35 years depending on elevation. Since we started suppressing wildfire over a hundred years ago, Sierra Nevada forests and woodlands have gotten overly dense with…
UC Cooperative Extension works with a wide range of collaborators to advance the field of Forestry and Natural Resources. Core to these efforts are preparing future professionals for the management challenges they will face in the years to come.Forest GIS TrainingsUCCE periodically hosts Forestry…
As webinars are completed, we post recordings on YouTube for future study and sharing with others. Continuing education units are not available for recorded webinars. Only participants of live webinars receive credits.Management of Lygus Bugs in Strawberry by Mark Bolda (June 5, 2024)Mark…
As webinars are completed, we post recordings on YouTube for future study and sharing with others. Continuing education units are not available for recorded webinars. Only participants of live webinars receive credits.Perennial Weed Management in Vineyards and Orchards by Jorge Angeles (June 3…
Bug Squad Blog By Kathy Keatley GarveyFlameskimmers bring great joy.Today we saw our first dragonfly of the season in our Vacaville garden. The flameskimmer, a female Libellula saturata, perched on a stick and allowed me to take a few images. It was just a couple of weeks ago that I reviewed a…
Before Katie Howden graduated from Madera South High School in 2008, she noticed an unsightly piece of vacant land between two portable classrooms on campus. The one-third acre gravel pit with a smattering of utility infrastructure was choked with puncturevine and tumbleweed or, during the rainy season…
UC scientists are working with growers in Tehama, Butte, Lake, Amador, Contra Costa, Stanislaus and Yolo counties to test a new way of measuring the irrigation needs of walnut trees. Shackel and team think this new method will allow growers to use less water by not irrigating early in the season, and trees…
The Sonoma County Master Gardeners will host a pop-up succulent sale filled with a wide variety of drought tolerant specimens. Located at 402 Tucker St., Healdsburg, the sale will run from 9:00am to 1:00pm.Shoppers will be able to scoop up loads of great drought tolerant succulents propagated by the…
