Backyard Orchard News
Visiting scientist conducts doctoral research at new LREC pathology lab
Sabrine Dhaouadi, a visiting scientist from Tunisia, will be working with Dr. Elizabeth...
The Place to Be Oct. 24: UC Davis Arboretum Plant Sale
So, you're looking for some host plants to attract butterflies, like monarchs and pipevine...
A newly released (Oct. 23) male monarch butterfly lands on a ginkgo tree. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Male monarch soaks up sunshine. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
This was the scene at a recent UC Davis Arboretum Plant Sale. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Honey bees were all over the Japanese anemone (Anemone hupehensis) on Monday, Oct. 19 at...
Two honey bees compete for floral resources as they forage on a Japanese anemone in the Luther Burbank gardens, Santa Rosa. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
This flower is mine. No, it's mine! (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
After one honey bee leaves, another returns. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Ah, alone at last! (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
This is agriculture literacy week.
This is agriculture literacy week. Please enjoy this video by California Secretary of Agriculture, Karen Ross.
Produce at a farmer's market.
Strange Weather We're Having
Strange weather we're having here in Central California. After soaring into the 90s, the...
A Gulf Fritillary (Agraulis vanillae) lands on a passioinflower blossom. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Close-up of a passionflower vine blossom. Passiflora is the host plant of the Gulf Fritillary. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Like a flamenco dancer, the Gulf Fritillary is showy. Here it is on a Mexican sunflower (Tithonia). (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)