Advice for the Home Gardener from the Help Desk of the UC Master Gardener of Contra Costa County Client's Request: I'm trying to implement an ongoing compost pile to sustain my backyard vegetable garden. However, my compost pile isn't getting hot.
This is the time of year when you will see mushrooms popping up all over, and with all this rain we are having in the Bay Area you're likely to see even more until the weather starts warming up in March. It really pays off to learn about our local fungi especially if you have children or pets.
The UC Cooperative Extension is holding a Vineyard IPM Conference on Thursday, Feb. 21 in San Luis Obispo. DPR CE and Certified Crop Adviser CEUs have been requested. Date: Thursday, Feb.
By Brent McGhie, UC Master Gardener of Butte County, January 11, 2019 Fire is a normal part of the natural environment in California, so if you live in the wildland-urban interface (WUI), it's not so much a question of if, but of when your home will be exposed to wildfire.
Franz Niederholzer - 2019 New Year's Profile (Appeal-Democrat), Dec 31 https://www.appeal-democrat.com/news/franz-niederholzer---new-year-s-profile/article_071c961e-0d8a-11e9-b7a9-2ba8813a8968.html Keeping Up with Navel Infections (Dairy Herd Management) Emre Grdal and Noelia Silva del Rio, Dec.
What are mistletoes? Mistletoes (Arceuthobium spp. [dwarf mistletoes], Phoradendron spp. [American mistletoes], and Viscum album. [European mistletoe]) are evergreen, flowering plants that parasitize trees and shrubs to acquire water and nutrients.
By Laura Lukes, UC Master Gardener of Butte County, December 14, 2018 I first heard the term on the local evening news: Meteorologist Kris Kuyper was talking about hydrophobic soils.
In English Los granjeros de todo el estado abren las puertas al pblico para que vengan a visitarlos, a sacudirte un poco la ciudad y aprender y disfrutar de tus compras navideas a la antigua; directo de los productores de frutas de la temporada de invierno y creadores de golosinas en lotes pequeos p...
California farmers all over the state invite you to visit, shake off the city, learn a little and enjoy your holiday shopping the old-fashioned way; direct from the growers of winter fruits and creators of small-batch treats to fill your gift baskets.
Schilder named director for UCCE Ventura and Hansen REC Annemiek Schilder joined ANR on Aug. 1, 2018, as director of UCCE Ventura County and Hansen Agricultural Research and Extension Center. She hails from the Netherlands, where she grew up in an extended family of dairy and field crop farmers.
