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The COVID-19 pandemic canceled the 2021 Beer-for-a-Butterfly Contest but sponsor Art Shapiro, UC Davis distinguished professor of evolution and ecology, found one for the record books. Shapiro spotted a cabbage white butterfly, Pieris rapae, at 1:55 p.m. on Saturday, Jan.

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A beautiful way to add color to your garden in winter and early spring is to plant hellebores. These perennials grow low to the ground in clumps usually no more than one- and one-half feet high, with distinctive leathery, dark-green leaves.

2021 Rice Growers Meeting When: February 11, 2021, 9:00am-12:00 PM Where: Virtual via Zoom Registration: $10 Register at: https://ucanr.edu/survey/survey.

By Rainer Hoenicke Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) biologist, Jennifer Kubel, presented a webinar on August 26, 2020, on agricultural and horticultural practices that could benefit Monarch butterflies.

Plummeting winter temperatures often lead to frost damage in plants. The damage occurs when ice crystals form within plant tissue, damaging their cells. Leaves and tender new growth are usually affected first. Initially, they will appear wilted.

One of the joys of gardening includes watching butterflies sip nectar from flowers. In fact, many gardeners plant flowers just for these colorful insects.

I have been raising Boer Goats for fair though 4-H for about 4 years. Since I started, I have raised a Red Paint goat named Buttercup, along with Charlie, Hubert, Blaze, and Wethertop who all Traditional colored.

In 2017, I started getting reports of a watergrass biotype/species (Echinochloa spp.) that was difficult to control using our suite of herbicides registered in rice.

What is your favorite spread to go along with peanut butter. Typically we choose a jelly or a jam or marmalade or some fruit topping made with fruit, sugar and pectin. We have many recipes for many different fruits and fruit combinations for our jellies and jams.