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It's now October so that means that we're now in the time of year where we start to wind down our gardens for the season. If you're at all like me and refuse to plan for the eventual coming cold weather by pulling out plants, a killing frost will force the matter.

We are trying to continue our tradition of exploring the many wonderful public gardens located in the western United States. Recently, we made our first visit to the South Coast Botanic Garden, an 87-acre garden located on the Palos Verdes peninsula, near Los Angeles.

Five of California's six largest fires have occurred in 2020, reported Julie Cart in CalMatters. There is a collective sensation that we are reaching a tipping point, said Lenya Quinn-Davidson, a fire specialist with the University of California Cooperative Extension.

"If our hopes of building a better and safer world are to become more than wishful thinking, we will need the engagement of volunteers more than ever.

A virtual forage and alfalfa field day - our insect pest contribution This year, the Kearney Research and Extension Center Alfalfa and Forage Field Day went virtual.

Ukiah, CA, September 16, 2020 Recent wildfires have impacted farmers and ranchers in Mendocino and Lake Counties. The U.S.

When a monarch butterfly fluttered into the Davis garden of naturalist Greg Kareofelas and laid an egg on his narrowleaf milkweed, it marked the beginning of a story that ended with the flight of Ruth.

The California Dogface Butterfly, the state insect, is making quite a splash, and Placer Land Trust and UC Davis-affiliated scientists are an integral part of that. It seems as if the image of the dogface butterfly is everywhere.

Everyone knows the rainwater cycleocean water evaporates, clouds form, wind blows clouds inland, rain falls to the ground, seeps in and replenishes the aquifer and excess ultimately returns to the ocean to start the process again. But mankind has interrupted the cycle.

Three news articles over the last weekend shared comments from UC Agriculture and Natural Resource's experts about forest management practices that can help reduced the catastrophic wildfires being experiences in the West.