This last year of unpredictable weather of up and down temps, hot and cold, some rain and dry weather, did not bode well for this gardener and maybe not for others. In my neck of the woods of the San ...

One of the amusements a garden can provide is watching the birds, bees, butterflies and other critters drawn to it. Most of us have seen honeybees flying from flower to flower, sipping nectar or ...

If you see someone scrutinizing the trash at your local park, it could be urban ecologist Monica Palta. Fear not, you're just witnessing science in action. “It's basically trash archeology in a way,” ...

There have been several recent questions about dealing with a plant floating in reservoirs. Here's Weed Scientist Emeritus Roncoroni's response to them. Pacific Mosquitofern, (Azolla filculoides) ...

Desert tortoise As part of our mission to test drone technology and provide mapping services to the ANR community, IGIS recently completed data collection for our largest drone mapping project to date ...

General Situation Despite relatively high thrips counts in some areas, TSWV incidence remains low generally. Planting finally wrapped up in the last couple of weeks and younger crops will remain ...

The UC Center for Climate, Health and Equity is announcing an open call for research proposals that address a range of priorities at the intersection of climate change and human health. The center ...

It's that time of year again: termite swarm season! Western subterranean termites, Reticulitermes hesperus (species complex), produce reproductive swarms during calm sunny periods immediately ...

CA fuchsia and CA buckwheat by E. Werner Four weeks ago, in this column we ran an article on rain swales (“Slow it, Spread it, Sink it”-- Creating a Rain Garden,” Nov. 2, 2018). A week after that, the ...

I recently learned that my favorite flowers are linked to my Greek heritage and Greek mythology [1]. Unbeknown to me, my favorite flowers and the ones I grow in my garden are daffodils, lilies, ...

The strawberry is not a true fruit since the botanical fruits are the small, hardened achenes that everybody refers to as “seeds” distributed on the outside of the ripened receptacle that contains all ...

2026 Rice Considerations Sarah Marsh Janish UCCE Rice Farming Systems Advisor – Colusa & Yolo 2026 Colusa Farm Show February 3, 2026 ...