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By T. Eric Nightingale, U.C Master Gardener of Napa County There is nothing quite like walking through, or relaxing near, one's own garden. Gazing upon the plants that have thrived and bloomed, the result of hard work and tender care, is a singular experience.

Susan Lafferty and I attended this workshop for school and community gardens. This was a great hands on workshop to learn how to assess or plan a garden site. We learned about soil types, how to plot out your garden to harvest vegetables at a certain time and square foot gardening techniques.

General situation It has been an up and down start to the year for thrips development. Through February the relatively dry winter, and somewhat warm start to the year in the San Joaquin Valley meant we were running ahead of the 30 year average for degree day accumulation.

In the job listing for my position, weed identification and management were never explicitly mentioned. Natural resource efforts in the listing only mentioned water, forage, soils and the wide array of issues relating to rangeland ecosystem services.

Norman Knows... Western Drywood Termites Probably the biggest termite pest in this area is the Western Drywood Termite. No doubt, many of us have seen the homes and buildings covered with large tarps, or perhaps had your own home covered for fumigation.

Ella Mae Noffsinger, 84, who retired in 1991 as the senior museum scientist in charge of the UC Davis Nematode Collection, passed away March 22, 2018 in Woodland. She was a longtime resident of Palm Gardens Assisted Living, Woodland.

Hanford Parks & Recreation Spring Camp joined UCCE to educate children on the importance of eating from MyPlate! Students learned about the important nutrients they get from each food group as well as identifying healthy foods.

Norm Knows... Western Subterranean Termites Western Subterranean Termites have a winter time activity period, but are year-round pests of wooden structures and dead trees. The winter activity is associated with their swarming habit. The winged adults are black/dark brown with opaque gray wings.

Hanford District Ready After School Program joined UCCE to promote physical activity and healthy eating! About 100 students from Roosevelt and Martin Luther King Elementary Schools participated in a 5K MyPlate Color Run.

What does your plate of apples look like? Cinnamon Elementary School held their first annual family night which included UC CalFresh holding Nutrition Through Art. Families had the opportunity to learn about fruit while using pastels to create a work of art like Paul Cezanne.