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UC food-safety specialist tests biosensors to ensure safe produce
Ahmed El-Moghazy joined UC Agriculture and Natural Resources as a UC Cooperative...
Stories from DroneCamp 2024
We bring you stories from DroneCamp 2024, now in its 8th year and wrapping up a successful week at...
The Book Corner: We are the ARK
In Henry David Thoreau's essay, “Walking”, he observed, “In Wildness is the...
President Drake approves 2024-25 salary increases for policy-covered employees
Dear Colleagues,
Despite this being a very challenging budget year for California, the Legislature...
Why It's Called a 'Boys' Night Out'
Ever seen the male longhorned bees, Melissodes agilis, zipping around your garden, trying to...
Gardening in Extreme Heat with UC Master Gardener Tips to Save Your Landscape
A scorching summer heat wave is bringing triple digit temperatures and excessive heat alerts to...
Academic advancement 13/24-month option change to 18/30-month option
VP Glenda Humiston and I have made the decision to change the 13/24-month option in ANR's academic...
CASI's Mitchell on MyAgLife podcast, June 28, 2024
CASI's Mitchell on MyAgLife podcast June 28, 2024
July 1, 2024
Jeff Mitchell, CASI member...
Geraniums
I have recently noticed how amazing geraniums are. I think many people like myself have seen them,...
Don’t Move Firewood!
What you do with firewood this upcoming 4th of July (and year-round!) can impact more than just...
Let's Talk About Flood Bubblers
I know you've seen them. Little caps on the end of vertical irrigation pipe that can be adjusted to...
July Garden Tips - Summer Fun and Keeping Cool
As the summer sun shines brightly, July is a critical period for gardeners to nurture...
Blossom End Rot
This post is a rerun from 2023.
Have you noticed tomatoes that have round, water-soaked spots on...
Thyme to Garden: Spring/Summer Issue
Contents:
Home Composting With Worms
Simply Beautiful Lavender
Gardening for Awe and...
Frequent mowing puts poisonous weed into survival mode
Pair of studies offers evidence into "superweed's" defensive tactics,...
Body and Soil
One of the great pleasures of gardening is the reward and satisfaction of walking among your plants...
The Heat. The Butterflies. The Butterfly Guru.
Don't expect to see UC Davis distinguished professor emeritus Art Shapiro monitoring butterflies on...
See you at the Stanislaus County Fair! (July 5-14, 2024)
Summer is here, and so is the Stanislaus County Fair! Our local University of California...
Why Become a Certified California Naturalist?
I recently came across a national forum thread on iNaturalist where someone was...
It may turn out to be an armyworm year
I have been monitoring some fields in the Glenn and Butte County area the past two week and I have...