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For the first butterfly, it was the right place at the right time. An alfalfa or sulfur butterfly (Colias eurytheme) fluttered into our pollinator garden in Vacaville to sip some nectar from a Mexican sunflower (Tithonia rotundifolia). It lingered for several minutes.

Editor's Note: Good Day Sacramento featured Professor Bond and the spider on a segment Oct. 7. https://gooddaysacramento.cbslocal.

The desire for the peace, exercise, produce, or the beauty gardening brings into our lives seems to be gaining in popularity as we progress toward the end of 2020. Again, this quarter's chores will concentrate on just four chores per month one per week.

A question came up about managing root-knot nematodes in processing tomato and lima bean rotations. Root-knot nematodes are tiny worm-like soil dwelling pests that cause root galling on plant roots, resulting in significant yield and quality losses.

The following recommendations for safely clearing ash from outdoor surfaces, including ornamental and edible plants, come from the US EPA, Oregon State University Extension Service, Waste Management, and the Sacramento Bee. Basic Guidelines: Wait until air quality levels are safe for being outdoors.

When a monarch butterfly fluttered into the Davis garden of naturalist Greg Kareofelas and laid an egg on his narrowleaf milkweed, it marked the beginning of a story that ended with the flight of Ruth.

We cut our blackeye bean (cowpea) research plots at UC Davis almost 3 weeks ago and they're still too green to harvest. If we tried now, the vines would get wrapped around the threshing cylinder.

Las juntas virtuales son una experiencia nueva para millones de adultos como tambin lo fue para los 80 adolescentes latinos de 7 diferentes condados del estado que participaron en la Academia Anual Juntos del Club Juvenil 4-H los ltimos das de julio pasado va zoom.

The California Irrigation Institute is the oldest independent forum on irrigation and water in California founded in 1962. The primary purpose of the institute is to host an annual conference on California water issues, water use efficiency, water quality and surface and groundwater management.

It's been a "very poor year" for monarch butterflies in the Pacific Northwest. So, folks, if you're in their migratory pathway and anticipate seeing them head toward their overwintering sites in coastal California, don't get your hopes up. They're not coming.