Q: My apples are pretty much a lost cause this year after super cold, super windy and now super hot weather. I expected a small crop (from the apples) but not this blight. It starts with a “poke” in ...

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Agriculture officials and wine grape growers are taking steps to allow harvest to continue without interruption despite large swaths of Sonoma County farmland sitting under quarantine because of the ...

Codling moth (Cydia pomonella) remains one of the most persistent and destructive pests of homegrown apples and pears. Understanding how to identify it, how it develops through the season, and how to ...

Carneros vineyards are becoming an outdoor science laboratory as federal, state and local agriculture officials seek the best methods for controlling the light brown apple moth. The latest effort ...

Two Light Brown Apple moths have been discovered in the Carneros District, prompting state officials to call for a quarantine. The moths, pests that threaten a variety of crops grown in California, ...

Sandra Lowe had to alert her west Sonoma neighbor this week that state law now prohibits them from taking cut garden flowers to church. Lowe, a Sonoma Valley school board member, explained that their ...