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Worms Eat Your Garbage - June Library Classes
The UC Cooperative Extension Master Gardeners are giving Vermicomposting Classes in June that...
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A Lavender Experience - date correction!
A Lavender Experience Workshop is being held on Saturday, June 22, 2024. Apologies for the date...
Do Not Turn Spring into Fall
Work Smarter not Harder
After two knee replacements and recovery, I must admit that I am not as spry as I used to be. In my mind, I think I can throw 2 cubic foot bags of soil with ease and weed a garden plot in half an hour. Not anymore.
Changes must be made or my garden will go back to whatever Mother Nature wants. I need to implement things that will make it easier for me to garden: 1) make it easier to move things; 2) do not fall; 3) take pressure off my knees; 4) do not overheat and, 5) make harvesting easier.
I am using a garden cart to transport my tools, soil, and plants. No longer do I drag around those bags of soil and fertilizer. If the soil is too heavy to put into the cart I will transfer a lesser amount into another pot. Fortunately, I can still handle the 1 cubic foot bags of fertilizer. Since I am not carrying items, I can use a cane or pole to steady myself.
Groundwater demand management subject of discussions June 17
Groundwater demand management in agricultural regions is the focus of a workshop that will be held June 17, from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., at the Hyatt Regency San Francisco Airport in Burlingame.
Representatives of groundwater sustainability agencies (GSAs), water districts, irrigation districts, government agencies, environmental justice organizations and the private sector and growers and researchers will discuss groundwater demand management from their own perspectives.
“Speakers will discuss policy development, stakeholder engagement and funding considerations for groundwater demand management,” said workshop co-organizer Isaya Kisekka, UC Davis professor of hydrology and agricultural water management and director of UC Davis Agricultural Water Center. “Participants also will discuss available tools and technologies for implementation and monitoring of groundwater demand management programs.”
The agenda is posted at https://ucanr.edu/sites/groundwaternitrate/files/398036.pdf.
Registration for the workshop is free. Register at Groundwater Demand Management Workshop Registration.
This is one of three free workshops – managing groundwater nitrate, groundwater demand and groundwater governance – being offered before the "Toward Sustainable Groundwater in Agriculture - Linking Science and Policy" conference June 17-20 https://ag-groundwater.org.
Gratitude for Serving
As we wrap up or have wrapped up some of the perennial activities of an academic year, it is...