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It's been quiet for awhile, just odd winter weather and fire and ash and hot hot heat andsuddenly we see a beautiful insect we haven't seen in a while. Jarrell Larmon is a PCA who was nosing around in a Satsuma orchard and he turned up a Barnacle Scale, the likes we havent seen in about 4 years.

Western Plant Protection Network at UC Davis https://www.npdn.org/system/files/WPDN%20Newsletter%20-%202018-07-12.pdf Early detection technologies (EDTs) are tests that indicate the presence of disease before signs or symptoms of the disease can be seen.

Invasive plants don't get much coverage in the news, especially at the state and national level.

What can be said when a friend/neighbor/child/blog/news channel says to, " Go for it!!!!!" A response from the CA Avocado Commission which really wants you to eat as many avocado as you can and want to eat. California Avocado Commission 03 / 30 / 2016 https://www.californiaavocado.

So, this weekend we had some hot weather and the damage from that heat is apparent in all kinds of plants. Sycamores, cottonwoods and willow in the Santa Clara River bottom look torched. Redwoods in the landscape look like a new disease has hit them.