San Bernardino

This summer remember that fruits are easy to freeze. Many you don't need to blanch or do much to other than wash, dry and perhaps add sugar to (for the best product). Local small berries, if you grow them, are probably past picking, but they are still available in markets.

I just returned from a 10-day camping vacation. It seems whenever I am away the temperature reaches triple digits. This year proved no different, except wondering how our recently planted citrus and avocado grove on the very exposed south side of the house endured.

What could be better than making pizza and eating ice cream?

At the end of June, the distinguished careers of five UC Cooperative Extension advisors concluded when they retired.

Western tussock moth (Orgyiavetusta) caterpillars are beautiful and abundant around the state in late spring/early summer, but like some other caterpillars, they possess chemical defenses that can trigger allergic reactions, commonly in the form of a rash.

It is easy to take for granted the improvements to our current produce selections made possible by decades and centuries of careful observation by farmers, nurserymen, plant breeders and even plant hobbyists.

Sandy Szukalski and I enjoyed a visit to the McKinley Elementary School Garden this past week.

Steve Tjosvold joined UC Cooperative Extension as a farm advisor intern from 1980 to 1983, working in Alameda, Orange and San Bernardino counties. The internship allowed recent college graduates the opportunity to get experience working with a UCCE advisor in their field of interest.

The California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) has identified several cases of virulent Newcastle disease in small flocks of backyard birds in Los Angeles County and San Bernardino County.

This spring my husband wanted to plant some stuff. I suggested a few radishes for sister and a couple of other things for us. All was good; we purchased seeds. Come planting he insisted we plant a FULL package of radish seedsall at once. Do I like radishes? No. Does he like radishes? No.