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UC Master Gardener Program News:

Deergrass coiled basket by the Yokut People, © California Baskets for UC Master Gardener Program Statewide Blog Blog

Celebrating California Gardens: Native Plants and How Native Californians Use Them

November 12, 2021

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9 Scary Plants to get you into the Halloween Spirit!

October 21, 2021

A display of bulbs blooming at different stages of growth. Bulbs shown are purple crocus, pink, yellow and purple hyacinth, yellow double ruffle daffodil and tulips. Photo: Lauren Snowden for UC Master Gardener Program Statewide Blog Blog

Plant fall bulbs now for spring blooms! A recipe for bulb lasagna

October 18, 2021

Latina working in garden setting for UC Master Gardener Program Statewide Blog Blog

Hispanic Heritage Month: Collaborative Spanish Project Grant Awarded

October 4, 2021

Heather Hafner, UC Master Gardener volunteer, at the Pacific Grove Monarch Sanctuary during the 2020 Western Monarch Summit – a three-day conference dedicated to the science behind saving the western Monarch butterfly. for UC Master Gardener Program Statewide Blog Blog

Celebrating Pollinators and Gardeners with Heart for National Pollinator Week!

June 22, 2021

Figure 2. Commercially available pesticides made from botanical extracts. for UC Master Gardener Program Statewide Blog Blog

The Dangers of Homemade Pest Control Remedies

June 9, 2021

Pests in the Urban Landscape:

Garden Tasks for Fall and Winter

November 28, 2021

Giving Tuesday is November 30

November 23, 2021

Vegetable Garden for Pests in the Urban Landscape Blog

New Resource: Home & Garden Pest Newsletter

November 19, 2021

Stinkhorn Mushroom for Pests in the Urban Landscape Blog

Horrors in the Garden and Landscape

October 31, 2021

Haunted Halloween Hunt

October 26, 2021

western subterranean termites for Pests in the Urban Landscape Blog

Swarming Termites Looking for Love

October 21, 2021

Green News From UC Agriculture & Natural Resources:

Due to decreased pasture forage, livestock producers have had to cull mature cows and ship more feeder cattle out of state. Photo by Pam Kan-Rice for Green Blog Blog

Drought pushes California farmers and ranchers to adapt to a drier future

November 4, 2021

Lacy Phacelia cover crop in a vineyard. Photo by Lauren Hale for Green Blog Blog

Can California native plants be used as cover crops to benefit farmers and native ecosystems?

October 21, 2021

UC Davis Professor Isaya Kisekka and students measure soil moisture content using a neutron probe at the UC Davis Agricultural Research Station in 2018. for Green Blog Blog

UC Davis to lead groundwater and irrigated agriculture sustainability study

October 18, 2021

Prescribed burn conducted in the Sierra Nevada during a University of California Cooperative Extension prescribed fire workshop in November 2019. Photo by Susie Kocher. for Green Blog Blog

Moving beyond America’s war on wildfire: 4 ways to avoid future megafires

October 13, 2021

The scientists will work with growers, irrigation districts and ecosystem managers to develop data and tools to help adopt and adapt climate-resilience strategies, said Safeeq Khan. for Green Blog Blog

UC Merced leads innovative effort to secure water for agriculture and ecosystems

October 8, 2021

Climate Stewardship: Taking Collective Action to Protect California shows how Californians are working together across a diversity of communities and landscapes to improve resilience and address climate justice. for Green Blog Blog

New book shows how Californians are bolstering climate resilience

September 10, 2021

Bug Squad Blog:

Alison Coomer's Video on Root-Knot Nematodes Makes the World Finals

November 26, 2021

The squash bee, Peponapis pruinosa, is a specialist that pollinates only the cucurbits or squash family, Cucurbitaceae. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey) for Bug Squad Blog

Thank the Squash Bee for That Pumpkin Pie

November 25, 2021

A lady beetle and her eggs in a Vacaville garden. Everything in nature is connected, says Frédérique Lavoipierre. If you have no aphids, no lady beetles or soldier beetles for you. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey) for Bug Squad Blog

'Garden Allies': Everything in Your Garden Has a Place

November 24, 2021

Jeff Smith, curator of the Lepidoptera collection at the Bohart Museum of Entomology, shows visitors some of the butterfly specimens. The worldwide Lepidoptera collection now totals more than 500,000. One of the most recent donors was the late Charles Hageman of Yuba City (1945-2021). (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey) for Bug Squad Blog

Bohart Museum Butterfly Donor Chuck Hageman Leaves a Lasting Legacy

November 23, 2021

Geoffrey Attardo: Growing Presence of This Mosquito: 'A Major Public Health Threat'

November 22, 2021

Urban garden management can play an important role in supporting species diversity and the provision of insect-mediated services, says ecologist Monika Egerer, an assistant professor at Technical University of Munich (TUM), Germany. for Bug Squad Blog

Monika Egerer: About Those Wild Bees and Natural Enemies in Urban Gardens

November 19, 2021

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