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In English La transicin hacia el otoo est a la vuelta de la esquina y los jardineros estn ocupados atendiendo sus cosechas de fin del verano, podando las plantas perennes, preparndose para las plantas de crecimiento ms lento y ms.

The transition of fall is upon us and gardeners are busy tending to late summer harvests, pruning back perennials, prepping for slower plant growth and more. But fall doesn't have to be all about wrapping up the growing season.

Thar's gold in them thar hills? Probably not. But thar's definitely gold in that there pollinator garden--our little pollinator garden in Vacaville, Calif. Gold, black and white--as in the iconic monarch caterpillars. We've been waiting all year for Mama Monarchs to lay some eggs on our milkweed.

The California 4-H State Leadership Conference (SLC) is held every year at UC Davis.

This year ranks as the worst monarch season he's ever seen in California. But...this year ranks as the best milkweed season he's ever seen in California.

Meet Wendy Mather, program manager of California Master Beekeeper Program (CAMBP) Bees are her passion, and her passion is bees.

You may have seen her sharing information about honey bees at the annual California Agriculture Day at the State Capitol, Sacramento.

Enormous wildfires spark scramble to improve fire models (Nature) Jeff Tollefson, Aug. 31 Something is definitely different, and it raises questions about how much we really know, says Max Moritz, a fire scientist at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

What's going on with the monarchs? Our little pollinator garden in Vacaville, Calif., usually draws dozens of them in the summer as they flutter around, sip nectar from the Mexican sunflower (Tithonia) and lay their eggs on their host plant, milkweed.

Chuck Ingels, longtime UCCE advisor in Sacramento County, lost his battle with cancer Aug. 12. Ingels joined ANR in 1989 as a tree and vine information analyst for the statewide Sustainable Agriculture Research & Education Program in Davis.