Backyard Orchard News
Lindcove Fruit Display and Tasting for Growers today!
Citrus growers and Ag professionals are invited to attend the University of California Lindcove...
Is It Spring Yet?
These freezing temperatures we're experiencing make us yearn for spring. True, it's still autumn...
The freezing temperatures make us yearn for almond pollination season. This photo was taken Feb. 10, 2013 in the Matthew Turner Shipyard Park, Benicia. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Supporting the Bohart Museum
If you're looking for a cause to support, consider the Bohart Museum of Entomology at the...
Noted entomologist Jerry Powell, director emeritus of the Essig Museum of Entomology, UC Berkeley, volunteers at the Bohart Museum. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Entomologist Jerry Powell selects a specimen. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Ethan Wells, 7, of the Woodland Montessori School, delights in an Australian walking stick. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Hands reach out to touch the Australian walking stick. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Ducks Vs. Bees
In March of 2012 when we were touring The Bee Collective's Bee Sanctuary near The Domes on the UC...
This wood duck box is being used as a bee hive in The Bee Sanctuary on the UC Davis campus. Examining it is Derek Downey who directs The Bee Collective and The Bee Sanctuary. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Arctic weather causing freeze damage at Lindcove
An unusually cold and prolonged weather system moved into California on December 3rd, and...
Application of water during freezing temperatures raises air temperature at ground level.
Wind machines raise air temperature at ground level.