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September Pest Tips
Just a few more weeks of summer remain! As the weather begins to shift, you may need to adjust your...
A Purple-Pink Mystery
My husband and I went into Alameda for a street fair in late July. While trying to stand...
Avocado Healthy Soils Webinar
Avocado Café
September 12, 2024
8:00 –10:00 AM PST
Healthy soils for productive and...
Start Your Cool Season Garden Now—Join Us to Learn More
Cool season vegetables are cool! From gourmet selections to a stir-fry garden, find out about...
The Bee and the Mantis
So here's this praying mantis, a female Mantis religiosa, tucked beneath a Mexican sunflower,...
Be Wary of Relying on Chat GPT for Agricultural Questions
Globally, approximately 570 million small and medium-sized farms need training in various...
What plants bloom during the hot summer?
July and August are traditionally the hottest months of the year, and this year is breaking heat...
2024 Kearney Field Crops, Alfalfa and Forage Field Day
The Kearney Field Crops, Alfalfa and Forage Field Day will be on Friday, September 13, 2024. The...
Hands-on learning, training make irrigation best practices accessible
UCCE advisors provide free training to nursery and greenhouse staff
Working as an irrigator...
No Labor Day Holiday for the Honey Bees
Holiday? What holiday?
It's Labor Day, but honey bees aren't relaxing. They're out in force...
What makes a berry a berry?
What makes a berry a berry? Recently, the host of a new cooking show asked if a cranberry (the key...
Congrats, Professor Howard Ferris, Nematologist Extraordinaire
There aren't that many nematologists who can say their career spans 64 years.
UC Davis...
September Gardening Tips - Summer is coming to an end, it's time for Fall!
September is a crucial month for gardeners across California, where the state's diverse climates...
Would you like to become a UC Master Gardener Volunteer?
UCCE Master Gardeners of Orange County 2025 Volunteer Training Information Day
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A Few Fun Trips
Over the last few months, I have had the pleasure of traveling to numerous counties, programs, and...
The Black Fire Beetle: As if Firefighters Didn’t Have Enough to Worry About….
Once again, we are experiencing a summer of devastating fires, with repercussions that will last...
RJ Millena: from Entomology-Focused Kindergartener to Scoring Cover of Journal With Her Research
Remember Rebecca Jean "RJ" Millena?
She's the little Concord, Calif., kindergarten student...
Central Coast Rangeland Coalition Fall Workshop - October 17, 2024 at Cal Poly
Join UC Cooperative Extension and Cal Poly for the Central Coast Rangeland Coalition Fall...
Summer Miku
Students back to school
Farmers Markets in full bloom
Garden harvest...
Know Your ABC's: Arthropods, Bohart and Collecting
Folks are looking forward to the next open house at the Bohart Museum of Entomology at UC...