All UC ANR blogs
Rose Garden Corral – October 2024
The October Master Gardener's Rose Cycle chart (https://napamg.ucanr.edu/files/254549.pdf) has...
UC ANR's commitment to helping youth thrive
Dear Colleagues,
As you've undoubtedly seen in news reports for the past several months, our...
Citrus Workshop for Hanford FFA Students at LREC
Lindcove REC recently organized a “Citrus Workshop for Hanford FFA Students”...
Wings Up! Let's Go!
Wings up! Let's go!
The monarch fall migration is underway.
"Unlike most other insects in...
Attract Bees & Butterflies to Your Garden – Learn How from UC Master Gardeners
There's something magical about watching butterflies, hummingbirds, bees and other pollinators flit...
Grow Strawberries at Home – Learn How to Pot Them Like a Pro
Strawberries love to grow in pots. Pots provide good drainage, air circulation, and better...
Scabiosa: An Invasive Plant to Watch
Whenever I read about a plant that is described as a prolific self-seeder or self-sower, red flags...
Discover Orchid Secrets! Visit Our Booth at the Fascination of Orchids Festival
For the Fascination of Orchids 43rd Festival of Orchids and Exotic Plants at the Santa Ana Zoo The...
A Monarch Kind of Day
What we've been waiting for all season...
A migratory monarch butterfly fluttered into our...
Avocado Lace Bug Spreads
There has been a recent expansion of Avocado Lace Bug into parts of the Carpinteria area. It...
Yield benefits from a new strategy using naphthaleneacetic acid to manage olive crop load
The alternate bearing (AB) nature of olive is one of the top physiologically-driven challenges...
Investments in farm-to-school program stabilize farms, expand climate-friendly farming practices
Small and midsize farms, women and BIPOC farmers especially benefit
A...
2024 Kearney Field Crops, Alfalfa and Forage Field Day
Friday, September 13 brought growers, students and researchers to the Kearney Ag Center to...
Headed South on Highway 49
Writing my last blog post as the Livestock and Natural Resources Advisor for Placer,...
UCANR Delivers a Teaching Workshop on “Predatory Mites in Agriculture”
A professional development workshop on 'Predatory Mites in Agriculture' was organized at the...
Tiny Bug, Big Trouble, Great Science
You may have never seen this tiny bug that's causing big trouble.
But agriculturists and...
Butchart Gardens
My first visittoButchart Gardens in Victoria, B.C. was more than 40 years ago, on a day trip...
October Library Talks: TURN WASTE INTO DIRT FOR YOUR GARDEN!
There are so many advantages of turning your kitchen and yard waste into lovely earthy smelling...
Get Buggy Make a Bug Collection and Learn about Entomology!
This class is for anyone with a fascination for all things “bug” related, but is...
Gnats in your houseplants?
If you've noticed tiny, dark insects flying around your houseplants, you likely have fungus...