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Kate Frey: How to Attract Pollinators

June 22, 2017
It's National Pollinator Week and you might be wondering where your pollinators are. I'd love to attract honey bees, bumble bees and other pollinators, but what can I do?" you ask.
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Watch Those New, Yellow Flush Leaves Closely

June 9, 2017
Lime-induced Iron Chlorosis: a nutritional challenge in the culture of several subtropical perennial crops in California Elizabeth Fichtner, UCCE Tulare County and Rachel Elkins, UCCE Lake and Mendocino Counties Spring, and new leaves are coming out, but this could, but yellow could be a sign of iro...
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Kate Frey: Gardening for Bees, Beauty and Diversity

May 12, 2017
Many mothers will receive a stunning bouquet of flowers on Sunday, Mother's Day. Others will learn how to design and plant a stunning pollinator garden so they can grow--and enjoy--their own flowers. Honey bees, bumble bees and other pollinators will appreciate it, too.
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Bee Friendly, Bee Happy and Bee Healthy

June 9, 2016
Sometimes when you walk through a bee garden, you feel Mother Nature tugging at your arm, pulling you from one breathtaking area to another. You resist the tug and want to linger, to admire the diversity of bees, to marvel at the colors and patterns of the flowers.
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Hops in Your Future? Hop into Workshop on How to Grow Them.

February 19, 2016
By Ben A Faber
Growing Hops on the North Coast of California, but Could Apply to other Parts of the State Learn what it takes to produce hops for the micro-brew industry Saturday March 26th - 8:00 am to 5:00 pm SRJC Shone Farm Pavilion 7450 Steve Olson Lane, Forestville, CA 95436 $45 when registering on-line in ad...
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A sculpture of Bernard the Beekeeper graces the entrance to Melissa's Garden, Healdsburg. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Attracting Pollinators to Your Garden

December 13, 2013
"How to Attract and Maintain Pollinators in Your Garden." That's the title of a new publication by the University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources (UC ANR) and what a gem this is. It's not only a gem, but it's free. You can download the publication on this site.
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New, Yellow Leaf Flush?

August 15, 2012
Lime-induced Iron Chlorosis: a nutritional challenge in the culture of several subtropical perennial crops in California Elizabeth Fichtner, UCCE Tulare County and Rachel Elkins, UCCE Lake and Mendocino Counties Spring, and new leaves are coming out, but this could, but yellow could be a sign of iro...
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Honey bee foraging on borage. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Borage! Borage! Borage!

July 13, 2011
A recent trip to the Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens, Fort Bragg, yielded spectacular views of the ocean, but something else also proved spectacular--the honey bees and bumble bees foraging on borage.
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MONARCH BUTTERFLY--A drenched butterfly rests on ice plant. This photo was taken Oct. 19, 2007 along the Mendocino coast. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Where Are All the Monarchs?

December 2, 2008
Folk singer Pete Seeger asked "Where have all the flowers gone?" UC Davis butterfly expert Art Shapiro wants to know "Where are all the Monarchs?
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