Winery Tasting Rooms Open – Mad...
Date: July 12, 2020
Time: 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Contact: info@maderavintners.com Sponsor: Madera Vintners Association Location: Winery Tasting Rooms in Madera County
Winery Tasting Rooms Open – Mad...
Date: July 12, 2020
Time: 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Contact: info@maderavintners.com Sponsor: Madera Vintners Association Location: Winery Tasting Rooms in Madera County
Cedar View Wine Tasting Open – ...
Date: July 11, 2020
Time: 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Contact: 559 – 787 – 9412 Sponsor: Cedar View Winery Location: 1384 S. Frankwood Avenue, Sanger, CA 93657
Plum Sparkler
Plums are ripe and abundant on neighborhood trees. While 2020 has been a tumultuous year, it’s been fabulous for plums. Something about the weather here in California has graced the plum trees with amazing fecundity. A friend has a bumper crop of Santa Rosa plums and gifted me with a crate of ripe fruit. ThisR [...]
The Heat is On: Soil Solarization
The days are long and the temperatures are high. This is a great time to solarize the soil in the Central Valley as a way to manage annual weeds and improve the growth of fall crops.
What is solarization? A non-chemical approach to weed control, soilborne pest management and soil enhancement using solar heating of plastic-covered moist soil. [...]
The Heat is On: Soil Solarization
The days are long and the temperatures are high. This is a great time to solarize the soil in the Central Valley as a way to manage annual weeds and improve the growth of fall crops.
What is solarization? A non-chemical approach to weed control, soilborne pest management and soil enhancement using solar heating of plastic-covered moist soil. [...]
Johnsongrass in organics: Mow it?
Yes, mow it! Mowing works to at least prevent seed spread and regular mowing will weaken rhizomes.
Seed establishment has the greatest potential for the establishment and spread of johnsongrass and must be prevented. Therefore, mowing works to at least prevent seed spread. An individual plant can produce 28,000-30,000 seeds and a single inflo [...]
News From the Farm | July 6, 2020
Amon looks at the soil in the no-till plot. It was irrigated several weeks ago, but is still moist despite all the heat —
We have arrived at July, a month when harvest and market are top priorities at the farm. A lot of other activities play supporting roles but the quantity and diversity of produce coming in from the fields domina [...]
News From the Farm | July 6, 2020
Amon looks at the soil in the no-till plot. It was irrigated several weeks ago, but is still moist despite all the heat —
We have arrived at July, a month when harvest and market are top priorities at the farm. A lot of other activities play supporting roles but the quantity and diversity of produce coming in from the fields domina [...]
Winery Tasting Rooms Open – Mad...
Date: July 5, 2020
Time: 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Contact: info@maderavintners.com Sponsor: Madera Vintners Association Location: Winery Tasting Rooms in Madera County
Cedar View Wine Tasting Open – ...
Date: July 4, 2020
Time: 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Contact: 559 – 787 – 9412 Sponsor: Cedar View Winery Location: 1384 S. Frankwood Avenue, Sanger, CA 93657
Cedar View Wine Tasting Open – ...
Date: July 4, 2020
Time: 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Contact: 559 – 787 – 9412 Sponsor: Cedar View Winery Location: 1384 S. Frankwood Avenue, Sanger, CA 93657
Leaf Sampling and In-Field Soil Tests...
Are you concerned with your plant growth or wondering how your winter and spring activities (compost, cover crops, pre-plant fertilizers) are contributing to plant-available nitrate? If so, now is a great time to consider taking leaf or soil samples.
Here are easy ways to test for plant or soil nitrate.
SOIL NITRATE TESTS will tell you about [...]
Leaf Sampling and In-Field Soil Tests...
Are you concerned with your plant growth or wondering how your winter and spring activities (compost, cover crops, pre-plant fertilizers) are contributing to plant-available nitrate? If so, now is a great time to consider taking leaf or soil samples.
Here are easy ways to test for plant or soil nitrate.
SOIL NITRATE TESTS will tell you about [...]
Climate-change research provides tool...
This is part of a series of stories featuring a sampling of UC ANR academics whose work exemplifies the public value UC ANR brings to California.
Farmers are already seeing the effects of warmer winter nights and hotter summer days on their crops. Climate change is gradual, but increasing overall temperatures affect many aspects of farming, i [...]
News From the Farm | June 29, 2020
The place to be when the temperature hits 102 degrees —
We are looking back on what was a very hot week here at Full Belly, with triple digits every day. (As our friend at Terra Firma Farm said, we were Sweltering in Place!) Looking forward, temperatures are predicted to be in the 90’s for a little while, which will be a big relief. [...]
Winery Tasting Rooms Open – Mad...
Date: June 28, 2020
Time: 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Contact: info@maderavintners.com Sponsor: Madera Vintners Association Location: Winery Tasting Rooms in Madera County
Lavender Blue Harvest Days – Ap...
Date: June 28, 2020
Time: All Day
Contact: info@applehill.com, (530) 644-7692 Sponsor: Apple Hill Growers Association Location: Various farms & wineries near Camino, CA 95709
Lavender Blue Harvest Days – Ap...
Date: June 28, 2020
Time: All Day
Contact: info@applehill.com, (530) 644-7692 Sponsor: Apple Hill Growers Association Location: Various farms & wineries near Camino, CA 95709
Cedar View Wine Tasting Open – ...
Date: June 27, 2020
Time: 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Contact: 559 – 787 – 9412 Sponsor: Cedar View Winery Location: 1384 S. Frankwood Avenue, Sanger, CA 93657
Lavender Blue Harvest Days – Ap...
Date: June 27, 2020
Time: All Day
Contact: info@applehill.com, (530) 644-7692 Sponsor: Apple Hill Growers Association Location: Various farms & wineries near Camino, CA 95709
Ramona Wine Tasting Re0pens – S...
Date: June 26, 2020
Time: 11:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Contact: teri@ramonaranchwines.com, 760-789-1622 Sponsor: Ramona Ranch Winery Location: 23578 Highway 78 • Ramona, CA 92065
