…ongoing. Farmers and ranchers who enroll in CRP receive a yearly rental payment for voluntarily establishing long-term, resource-conserving plant species, such as approved grasses or trees (known as “covers”) to…
Choosing and Caring for a Living Christmas Tree
…Christmas Tree Association has several recommendations for live Christmas trees. Some good options are: White Pine, White Spruce, Fraser Fir, Colorado Blue Spruce, Douglas Fir, Scotch Pine, and Arizona Cyprus….
New HLB Quarantine Initiated in San Bernardino County
…been a total of 1,666 trees identified as being infected with HLB, with 264 Asian Citrus Psyllids testing positive for the bacterium on nearly 1,200 sites. Aside from the latest…
Making a Quick Compost Using Autumn Leaves
…this ratio breaks down faster. Some top options are maple, elm, ash, poplar, willow and fruit trees. For a good compost made with leaves, it is very important to shred…
Make Your Landscape a Fire Fuel-Free Zone
…during dry weather. Also, if you have any trees, shrubs, or plants have died due to extended drought, pull those. Wooden decks and patio furniture are also great fuel sources…
Almond Matters: Getting Started on Winter Annual Weeds
…trees of a lot of the nutrition and vigor.” This fall has been noticeably drier than the past few years, where areas of California experienced at least a few days…
USDA Issues Second Tranche of Market Facilitation Program
…fresh sweet cherries, hazelnuts, macadamia nuts, pecans, pistachios, and walnuts. Each specialty crop will receive a payment based on 2019 acres of fruit or nut bearing plants, or in the…
Almond Matters: Winter Sanitation Increases Chance for Successful Spring
…to fight high buildup of pests.” Some of the sanitation efforts may include knocking mummy nuts out of the trees and mowing over them, thus eliminating potential overwintering sites for…
Growing a Nutty Holiday Favorite
…chestnuts with oak trees. Eat them plain, in deserts, make candy or even give chestnut flour a go. They’re a versatile nut and can be used in a lot of…
Nourishing Winter Plants for Birds
…coming back for more. Bird thrush on a branch of viburnum Pyracantha, Roses, Viburnum, Sunflowers, Cotoneaster, Sorbus, Honeysuckle, Teasel, Hawthorn, Ivy, Birch, Holly, Millet, Curly Dock, Cherry and Oak Trees,…
Western View: Will California Take Over PG&E?
…to trim trees, even in the high-fire-risk zones. In some places they’ve been forced to reduce the distances they trim, to as little as 4 feet, by these lawsuits. As…
Incubator Farm to Help Develop New Agronomic Strategies
…looking at the trees. Attendees looking at the Netafim system that applies the products. “It is a matter of being able to identify our best management practices for nutrient use…
Why Fall is the Best Time to Plant Trees
We all know the importance trees play to our planet. Cathy Isom lets us know why now is the time to get out and plant some trees. That’s coming up…
Catastrophic Decline of the Western Monarch
Monarchs cluster in the eucalyptus trees at the Natural Bridges State Park. Santa Cruz, California. The Monarch Butterfly is an important native of the American West. Not only is it…