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New growth on 3+ year old <br>artichoke plant
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Growing Artichokes?

November 18, 2019
Advice for the Home Gardener from the MGCC's Help Desk Gardener's Request: Hi Master Gardeners!: I'm into my third year with my artichoke crowns, and generally they seem to be doing well - I get a crop in the spring, then they die back, then new rosettes come out in about September and grow over the...
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Bed Bugs at various stages
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Bed Bugs Winning?

November 11, 2019
Advice for the Home Gardener from the Help Desk of the UC Master Gardener Program in Contra Costa County Updated Situation: Bed bug encounters are on the rise in California.
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Karmjot Randhawa
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Names in the News

October 31, 2019
By Pamela S Kan-Rice
Randhawa to oversee UCCE in Fresno, Madera, Kings and Tulare counties Karmjot Randhawa joined ANR on Sept. 6, 2019, as the UC Cooperative Extension director for Fresno, Madera, Kings and Tulare counties.
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2019 NJHA Convention California 4-H team photo
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Horticulture team represented California 4-H well

October 31, 2019
By Suzanne Morikawa
Towards the end of National 4-H Week this year, from October 11 to 14, our California 4-H Horticulture team competed at the 2019 National Junior Horticulture Association Convention in Lincoln, Nebraska.
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Plum Gall
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Got a Plum Gall on your Fruit Tree?

October 21, 2019
Client's Request: I'm a trapper in the Ag Department. We have been looking for plum bud gall mites in the county. I recently came across this plum tree with a huge growth or gall, it's 8" long and 7" wide on the underside of a branch, the tree is around 15 years old.
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California Angle-wing Katydid - Adult<br><i>(Microcentrum californicum)<i>
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Katydid Problem in Your Garden?

October 21, 2019
Advice for the Home Gardener from the Help Desk of the UC Master Gardener Program of Contra Costa County Gardener's request: I've just caught and identified what looks like a California Angle-wing Katydid.
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3 line cockroach<br>about 1/4" long
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Another Cockroach Moves Into the Neighborhood

October 14, 2019
Advice for Home Gardeners from the Help Desk of the UC Master Gardener Program of Contra Costa County Home Gardener's Request: I found 2 of these little beetle like bugs about 1/4-inch long in our home. Are they cockroaches? I've seen them outside as well.
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Brentwood 4-H Receiving Proclamation in BOS Chambers (Photo courtesy of Rob Bennaton)
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4-H fun facts

October 9, 2019
Twice in the last week, someone has raised to me that I should be more active on social media.
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