General situation Above-average temperatures this week compensate for below-average temperatures last week, and thrips population projections remain similar to earlier predictions. Thrips population Generation 2 adult thrips are peaking now, and will be laying their eggs.
View this email in your browser SAVE THE DATE! JUNE 11 VENTURA GROWER MEETING Please mark your calendars for June 11th, for the 2024 Ventura County ACP-HLB Grower Meeting. This meeting will have a hybrid format, in person with on-line access. An application for CEUs is being submitted.
It's simple: the Haven wouldn't be here today without volunteers. Their hard work of pruning, weeding, mulching, and assorted other tasks has made the Haven what it is today. Volunteers are also essential to our outreach events.
As mentioned in my post of May 1, my position at the Haven is being eliminated. Recognizing that the need for bee gardening information will remain, this post is a summary of resource materials, web sites, and nurseries that you may find helpful in the future.
From Sandipa Gautam in the Central Valley Hello everyone, Please find first California red scale memo for 2024 season. CRS degree days for four counties, Kern, Tulare, Fresno, and Madera are updated on the LREC website.
In the human world, we recognize Mother's Day as a special day to celebrate all mothers. It's a day that Anna Jarvis of Grafton, West Va., established on May 10, 1909 with a worship service at St. Andrew's Methodist Church, Grafton. Lady beetles, aka ladybugs, are mothers, too.
Late spring rains have delayed California's fire season this year, which provides farmers and ranchers an opportunity to improve their wildfire preparedness. Barns, wood fencing, hay and other property commonly found on farms have inherent vulnerabilities to wildfire.
You see them here, you see them there, you see those brown garden snails everywhere in the avocado trees this year. A wet year. What do you expect? Lush, beautiful tree growth, yeah. And when you come to harvest the fruit, the leaves and fruit are covered with snails.
From her Hmong family's roots to the vast expanses of Fresno's fields, Lilian Thaoxaochay weaves a story of unwavering commitment to the land and community.
It was all the buzz. Thousands of bee and honey enthusiasts made a beeline for the California Honey Festival, held last Saturday on the Yolo County Fairgrounds.
