Like most creatures, turkeys are not always considered a pest, and some people may even enjoy seeing them. But turkeys can certainly become pests when they dig in landscape beds, create traffic ...
A line of pushed up grass. A volcano sized mound. Yep, it's probably a mole! While you may never actually see the mole itself, the signs of their presence are pretty clear. Moles are small burrowing ...
Nutrition Policy Institute coordinates the National Drinking Water Alliance, a network of organizations and individuals across the country working to ensure that all children in the U.S. can drink ...
The new University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources Foundation has been established to advance UC ANR's essential research and extension mission. The foundation – to be incorporated as ...
Wood ashes are not beneficial in the garden. They have no nutrient value and only a limited value as a deterrent to slugs and snails. Water citrus trees well now to produce a good crop next year.
Meet the Grappeltail dragonfly, the club-tailed dragonfly. It belongs to the genus Octogomphus, which has one species, O. specularis. The dragonfly derives its common name from the club-like widening ...
Many of us enjoy using herbs in our kitchen since they add so much flavor and texture to our food. And it is even more fun when we grow them ourselves and can pick them straight from the garden. Have ...
Nematodes, says soil scientist Christine Sprunger of Michigan State University, East Lansing, are "bioindicators of soil health and climate resiliency." And that's the title--"Nematodes as ...
The new University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources Foundation has been established to advance UC ANR's essential research and extension mission. The foundation – to be incorporated as ...
Close readers of this blog will know that last year Mark noted toward the end of the season a very unusual looking insect in two of his strawberry research plots, which UCCE Entomologist on the ...