Nutrition & Health

A monarch butterfly fluttered into our pollinator garden in Vacaville yesterday and sipped nectar from a Mexican sunflower (Tithonia) as a bird looked on. Well, sort of looked on. The bird was decorative art. The monarch was real. Now if that bird had been real, the monarch may have been a meal.

UC Davis agricultural entomologist Christian Nansen, the newly selected guest editor of a special issue of the journal Remote Sensing, has issued a call for contributions.

When you think of armor, you might think of medieval knights protecting damsels in distress. For Frank Fernandes of Legacy Ranch, though, the damsel in distress is his soil.

When using any kind of pesticide, including herbicides, it's important to read the pesticide label carefully and to be sure that you have the proper equipment for applying the pesticide correctly and safely.

From the Pests in the Urban Landscape blog :: Sept. 23, 2019 ANR: Agricultural and Natural Resources *********** UC ANR's charge is research and extension and we provide guidance about how to manage weeds using registered pesticides and by non-chemical methods.

El Mes de la Herencia Hispana comienza el 15 de septiembre y contina hasta el 15 de octubre. El propsito de la celebracin es reconocer las contribuciones y la presencia vital de hispanos y latinoamericanos en los Estados Unidos.

The making of a bee garden... It was the fall of 2009 when a half-acre bee garden on Bee Biology Road, UC Davis campus, sprang to life. Headlines on colony collapse disorder dominated the news media, as scientists declared "honey bees are in trouble.

In late summer, melons have had time to ripen and are abundant at local farmers markets and grocery stores. Sweet melons make a healthy summer dessert and are a good source of hydration during hot weather, due to their high water and electrolyte content.

Bugs and bees. Bees and bugs. That's what's on the menu--or that's what's buzzing--over the next few weeks in the Davis/Berkeley area. Bugs. Saturday, Sept.

Summer is finally over and students at Loma Vista Middle School in Alvord Unified have returned to start a new school year. The student garden club held their first meeting on August 22, 2019.