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Solarizing Soil to Fight Pests

Soil solarization is a method home gardeners and farmers can use to manage soilborne pests such as weeds, disease pathogens, nematodes and insects. Solarization can reduce help reduce pesticides used to control these pests. Soil solarization is simple:...
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Controlling Winter Weeds
![California burclover. [Credit: Jack Kelly Clark] California burclover. [Credit: Jack Kelly Clark]](http://ucanr.edu/blogs/CCUrbanPests//blogfiles/50079small.jpg)
Weeds can be a real nuisance in gardens and landscapes, and even during the colder winter months, some kinds of weeds continue to grow and thrive. These are called winter annual weeds. Most weeds are classified as annuals, biennials, or perennials....
California burclover. [Credit: Jack Kelly Clark]
Mallow (cheeseweed). [Credit: Jack Kelly Clark]
Welcome to my blog
Welcome to my blog! I am Karey Windbiel-Rojas, Area Urban Integrated Pest Management Advisor for the University of California Cooperative Extension serving Sacramento, Yolo, and Solano counties. I intend to use this blog to inform readers about local...