Backyard Orchard News
Kearney celebrates its 2012 retirees
Eight long-time UC Kearney Agricultural Research and Extension Center employees - with experience and institutional knowledge from a combined 238 years of service - retired today.
About 100 current and retired Kearney staff and academics gathered in the center's multi-purpose room to see them off. The retirees are:
Walt Bentley, UC Cooperative Extension advisor, Integrated Pest Management entomology, 36 years
Diana Bulls, administrative assistant, 20 years
Sal Garcia, assistant custodial supervisor, 21 years
Kathy Montanez, financial services manager, Business Operations Center - Kearney, 29 years
Lois Strole, administrative assistant, 18 years
Charlie Summers, research entomologist, UC Davis Department of Entomology, 42 years
Two retirees were not able to attend the celebration:
Mike McKenry, UC Cooperative Extension specialist, UC Riverside Department of Nematology, 40 years
Stephanie Kaku, staff research associate, 32 years
Table grape testing in the Kearney sensory laboratory
Preparing to conduct sensory testing of table grapes is Zilfina Rubio, a junior specialist in the UC Kearney Agricultural Research and Extension Center lab of Mary Lu Arpaia, UC Cooperative Extension specialist in the Department of Botany and Plant Sciences at UC Riverside.
At the behest of the Table Grape Commission, members of the public are visiting Kearney's sensory lab facility today to taste and evaluate grape selections from the USDA's table grape breeding program.
Variety Propagation
Lindcove staff member Gerardo Perez is budding the scion Parent navel to Carrizo rootstock for an...
Gerry budding
Anise Swallowtail: Have You Seen Me?
An anise swallowtail fluttered in and out of the tall anise bordering the banks of the Benicia...
Female anise swallowtail,Papilio zelicaon, as identified by butterfly expert Art Shapiro of UC Davis, visiting anise at the Benicia Marina. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A female anise swallowtail,Papilio zelicaon, touches down on anise at the Benicia Marina. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Up and away--the female anise swallowtail flutters away. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
European paper wasp, apparently scouting the anise for butterfly eggs. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Juegue con la fruta
Haga de la fruta algo divertido creando personajes locos como los favoritos de la infancia Beto y Enrique de Plaza Sésamo.
Ingredientes:
1 naranja clementina sin cáscara (guarde la cáscara)
1 plátano sin cáscara y cortado a la mitad
Uvas pasa
2 mini bombones o malvaviscos
1 rollo de fruta rojo (fruit roll up
Para hacer a Enrique: Haga una hendidura en la parte baja de la naranja para crear la boca. Enrolle bien apretado un rollo de fruta para usarlo como nariz y corte otro pedacito para la lengua. Corte un mini bombón a la mitad para los ojos. Corte una pasa pequeña para hacer la pupila. Coloque pasas alrededor de la cabeza para crear el pelo. Corte la cáscara de naranja que guardó para darle forma a las orejas.
Para hacer a Beto: Corte el resto de la cáscara de naranja para hacer su nariz y corte la cáscara del plátano para crear sus orejas. Corte un mini bombón para sus ojos y una pasa pequeña para la pupila. Corte una hendidura como boca y ponga un pedazo pequeño del rollo de fruta para formar la lengua. Use dos o tres pasas para las cejas. Coloque pasas alrededor de la cabeza para formar su cabello.
Fuente: http://kitchenfunwithmy3sons.blogspot.com/2011/06/ernie-and-bert-fruit-snack.html