After noticing a sign at South Coast REC asking consumers to use produce grown onsite in their everyday cooking, Spinelli felt inspired. The sign also requested photos of homemade dishes be sent to ...

The “expanding atmospheric sponge,” or the atmosphere's ability to evaporate, absorb and release 7% more water for every ...

Back in 2021 the California Invasive Plant Council (CAL IPC) and UC IPM launched the online decision support tool “ WeedCUT ” for wildland weed mangers to help assist making management decisions for ...

We can retrofit existing communities to better withstand such events. Providing better water supply and distribution systems, hardening homes, establishing evacuation plans for communities, and ...

Please join UCCE Mendocino/Lake for its 2025 Sheep Shearing School to learn about how to properly shear sheep the New Zealand Way. Its dates are April 7-11 located in Clearlake Oaks in Lake County.

Our previous HORT COCO blog (December 17, 2024) focused on caring for live holiday plants, including live Christmas trees. This article will focus on how to plant and care for a live tree after the ...

It's like “Old Home Week” or “Old Home Day” when Michelle Monheit visits the UC Davis Bee Haven on Bee Biology Road. “I visit the garden whenever I'm in the area,” she said, as she headed over to the ...

Daniel Swain joined University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources on Nov. 1 as a climate scientist in the California Institute for Water Resources. Swain studies the changing character, ...

The cultural divide between city folk and country folk has been the basis of stories – from literature to sitcoms – throughout our country's history. It seems like rural and urban communities (and ...

Growing plants from seeds rather than from nursery starts has many advantages and can be an awe-inspiring experience. By using seeds, you have more options than nurseries offer. You can focus on ...

While visiting family in Maryland, my brother asked if I wanted to tour Longwood Gardens in nearby Pennsylvania and I jumped at the opportunity. Longwood Gardens is a public garden that was developed ...

The long-awaited update of the landmark UC Davis-authored book, Queen Bee Rearing and Bee Breeding by Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. (1907-2003), “the father of bee genetics,” and his former doctoral research ...