San Luis Obispo

Wildlife Habitat By Max Light-Pacheco UCCE Master Gardener I want to provide an enticing refuge in my yard for wildlife. How can I make this happen? Anne L.

Avocados are a semi subtropical tree that can be found in high elevations of cloud forests in Mexico and Central America. A delicious and highly nutritious fruit, the cultivation of avocado has spread around the world.

Ever seen the California state insect, the dogface butterfly (Zerene eurydice), or toured its celebrated habitat near Auburn on the Shutamul Bear River Preserve, owned by Placer Land Trust (PLT)?

This is the second story in our #NationalWellnessMonth series. See the first story, Guidance for healthy eating at all ages. Many Californians' well-being has suffered after months of sheltering at home amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Preserve Your Tomatoes By Carol Michael UCCE Master Food Preserver Our tomato vines are heavy with fruit. We have plenty for sandwiches, salsa and salads. Can you give suggestions to safely preserve them for winter? Jason R., San Luis Obispo There are many methods to preserve tomatoes.

The 8th California Oak Symposium is scheduled to be held March 22-25, 2021, at Embassy Suites, San Luis Obispo. The theme for the conference is Sustaining Oak Woodlands Under Current and Future Conditions.

Outstanding work recognized with Distinguished Service Awards Sponsored by UC ANR and Academic Assembly Council, the Distinguished Service Awards (DSA) recognize service and academic excellence in UC Cooperative Extension over a significant period of time.

Visitor clearance survey UC ANR has been using a web-based daily clearance to work survey to ensure that employees who are working onsite or engaged in in-person field work, research or extension activities are free of COVID-19 symptoms.

This new project is bringing some unique and very useful weather data to San Luis Obispo County. Twenty weather stations are planned for the County; at this writing 12 are installed and operating.

Oak trees are iconic in California's landscape. Just about anything you would like to know about caring for the state's 8 million acres of oak woodlands is now accessible to the public online. University of California Cooperative Extension scientists have updated the UC Oaks website at https://oaks.