Grouping plants with similar water needs makes your job as a gardener easier. Zucchini grows well next to a fruit tree. Grouping plants with similar water needs makes your job as a gardener easier.Photo courtesy Kate [...]
Project will cost $648 million, take 10 years Photo by Kaylee ArcaCongresswoman Zoe Lofgren (D - San Jose) and Valley Water Chief Executive Officer Rick Callender during the July 7 groundbreakingceremony launching the seismic retrofit project [...]
Severe drought, high temperatures and extremely dry fuels concern local fire departments Photo courtesy Gilroy Fire DepartmentFrom left to right: fire engineer Stephen Hayes, firefighter Daren Mok, and Capt. Greg Lopez. By Marty Cheek The ongoing [...]
Nematodes are microscopic, unsegmented worms. Some of them are beneficial and some carry disease. Photo courtesy William Wergin and Richard Sayre. Colorized by Stephen AusmusA juvenile root-knot nematode (Meloidogyne incognita) penetrates a tomato root. Once inside, [...]
"Urban meadows may not require watering, fertilizing, mowing, or edging, but you do need to be vigilant about invasive plants, unwanted weeds, such as foxtails, and diseases." Photo courtesy Kate RussellA meadow can look and feel [...]
Traditionally, acidic soil is treated with lime, to bring it closer to a neutral pH. By Kate Russell Kate Russell Plants grow in soil. Soil has a pH. Soil pH can make or break your [...]
New equipment donated including BBQ pits, benches, basketball hoops Photo courtesy Rotary Club of Morgan HillThe Rotary Club of Morgan Hill spruced up Galvan Park. By Staff Report When it comes to cleaning up a [...]
"This is an emergency," Valley Water CEO Rick Callender says of drought Anderson Reservoir is now virtually empty, with only 3 percent of capacity water, so the dam can be replaced because of earthquake risk. Morgan [...]
The declaration lets agency work with cities and county to launch regulations and restrictions By Marty Cheek Get ready for a summer of brown lawns and short showers. With the extreme drought reducing the supply of H-2-0 [...]
Agency urges 15 percent reduction in water use compared to 2019 By Marty Cheek Santa Clara County and the rest of California are in an extreme drought and residents must act to protect the region's water supply, [...]