Looking to learn how you can save $$$ money with a few minor changes around your landscape? Not sure what plant varieties can be added to your landscape that will use less water? Irrigation troubles got you down? Join us at one these exciting OC Garden Friendly events being held at a local Home Depot near you:… [Read More …] […]

Join the University of California Cooperative Extension on May 8th for three statewide science projects in honor of the 100 year anniversary celebrating a day science and service. Participants of all ages are asked to make observations and collect data that will be entered into a simple survey on any one of the three topics: pollinators, water, and food. Visit […]

Check out this message on the drought: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQgyCjFeXdg&feature=youtu.be [Read More …] Plant Earth Water

The drought is here, it’s hot and you don’t want your plants to wither away, let alone have to pay higher water bills – what can you do? Among the many useful resources on the internet, you really should check out the Overwater Is Out page. Sponsored by the OC Stormwater Program, this website has valuable information to help you […]

Dr. Akif Eskalen, University of California – Riverside, and Dr. John Kabashima, University of California Cooperative Extension – Orange County, gave a demonstration of the symptoms caused by the Polyphagous Shot Hole Borer (also known as the PSHB) today at the Huntington Library. In attendance were employees of the city of Pasadena and the California Avocado Commission, as well as […]

Last week, the UC Cooperative Extension, the Department of Water Resources, local water districts, Ewing Irrigation and many other partners held the “Get Ahead or Get Parched” workshop at the Irvine Civic Center. The purpose was to familiarize landscape professionals in Orange County and the surrounding areas with best practices in conserving water, especially the water lost through preventable run-off. […]

Looking for help on how to manage your landscape on limited water? Check out this video from Dr. Loren Oki, Associate Specialist in Cooperative Extension Landscape Horticulture, UC Davis. . If you would like additional information, speak with Dr. Oki in person at the UC ANR Urban Landscape & Garden Education Expo on Sept. 27th being held in Irvine at […]

ARE Shanghai’s legal reformers courageous trailblazers or doomed daredevils? Two years ago, the Shanghai International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission (SHIAC), a local arbitration entity, split off noisily from China’s main arbitration body.[Read More …] Plant Earth Water

PRO-DEMOCRACY activists announced the start of a “new era of civil disobedience” on the night of August 31st, after China’s top legislature laid down restrictive guidelines on the kind of elections that are allowed in Hong Kong, a semi-autonomous territory.[Read More …] Plant Earth Water

CROSSING the road in a Chinese city sometimes feels a bit like stepping out in front of a firing range. Cars move slowly (for the most part) but drive inexorably forward, with scarcely a care for passing inconveniences such as pedestrians, bicycles, dogs or, indeed, other cars.[Read More …] Plant Earth Water