…our helpful beetle friends enjoy many other insects, including: Spider mites Mealybugs Tomato hornworms Cabbage moths Whiteflies Scales Ladybugs feast on other insects throughout their lives. In fact, the average…
Identify and Stop Tomato Pests
Tomato Hornworm Cathy Isom reviews how to identify and stop tomato pests in their tracks. That’s coming up on This Land of Ours. Identify and Stop Tomato Pests Tomatoes are…
The California Kitchen: California Romesco Sauce
…T Olive Oil 1/4 C Onion 1/2 C Red Pepper 1 T Garlic Minced 2 C Tomato Sauce 2 T Oregano 1 Serrano Chili TT S+P Blend till Pureed Sieve…
Many Uses of Dill and Why Grow Your Own
…cutworms, snails, slugs, and tomato hornworms. I’m Cathy Isom… Sponsored Content Let’s Talk Livestock Risk Protection For Those Beef On Dairy Animals – Matt Ramsey November 4, 2025 CIR Agriculture…
April is Get Your Garden Springtime Ready Month
…when the soil is warm enough. Starting your tomato and broccoli seeds indoors, as well as planting peanuts, sweet potato, squash, cucumbers, melons, and corn. Also, anywhere where mulch is…
Monitoring Southern Blight in Colusa County
…the late plantings with tomatoes, it created a lot of problems for processing tomatoes and southern blight kind of showed up in a lot of places and it’s generally not…
Growing Your Own Tomatillos
Cathy Isom gives you some great tips about growing your own tomatillos. That’s coming up on This Land of Ours. Growing Your Own Tomatillos Tomatillos look like small green tomatoes,…
Nightshade An Example of What Broomrape Could Be
Pink broomrape on dry grass Eliminating broomrape weed now may prevent what nightshade has become. Retired UC Cooperative Extension Advisor Gene Miyao believes the tomato industry should look at banding…
Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus Overcoming Resistant Genes
A strain of tomato spotted wilt virus that has the ability to overcome the resistance of the Sw5 gene is continuing to give growers issues. Beginning in 2016 significant levels…
Biting the Bullet Now On Broomrape Control
…be a good idea for several groups in the tomato industry to pull together. “None of those fields where branched broomrape has been found and reported have been fumigated,” he said….
Tomato Trade Agreement with Mexico Ends Amidst Dumping Complaints
…tomato producers declined from 65 to 40 percent. Withdrawing from the agreement could result in new duties on tomatoes from Mexico and higher consumer prices. The action could also spur…
Broomrape Weed Spreads Quickly
…underground until it starts sending up shoots and then it very quickly starts setting seed,” he said. “A single seed attached to a tomato plant may send up half-a-dozen shoots,…
The California Kitchen: Parmesan Baked Zucchini Marinara
…1/4 C Parmesan Cheese 2 C Tomato Sauce TT S+P 1/4 C Sugar 2 T Olive Oil The California Kitchen: Parmesan Baked Zucchini Marinara For this and many more of…
Slight Broomrape Resurgence Over Last Decade
There has been an uptick in reports of the broomrape weed in California. Retired Cooperative Extension Farm Advisor Gene Miyao reminded growers at the 2019 Northern San Joaquin Valley Processing Tomato meeting that Broomrape…