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Napa Master Gardener Column: Article

Fertilizer Remarks.

October 2, 2020
By Cynthia Kerson, UC Master Gardener of Napa County Recently, my husband asked me what to feed his container plants as they were starting to flower. I took his question as an opportunity to brush up on how to understand a fertilizer label.
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Monterey County: Article

4-H Camp Teen Counselors applications open

October 2, 2020
Hello 4-H community, The Monterey County 4-H Camp program, Camp McCandless, will be held at Camp MayMac in the Santa Cruz Mountains. This site features a full kitchen, swimming pool, basketball and volleyball courts, hiking trails and cabins and much more. This years dates are June 13th-18th, 2021.
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Fall 2020

October 2, 2020
Snacks for Preschoolers - Filling Nutritional Gaps; Tips for Smart Snacking; Creative Snacking; Program Opportunities...
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A gravid Stagmomantis limbata eyes a honey bee nectaring on African blue basil. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

Not a Good Day for a Bee

October 2, 2020
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
A gravid praying mantis, Stagmomantis limbata, crawls out of a patch of African blue basil, and begins checking out the honey bees. Decisions. Decisions. Dozens of them are buzzing around, gathering nectar for their colony. They are not aware she is there.
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Baptisia australis Flower w Bee
Under the Solano Sun: Article

Who has the Blues?

October 2, 2020
Not I. Who can have the blues when this plant is obtainable? This beautiful plant Baptisia australis has been around a long time. The blue flowers were used as a blue dye by the American Indians and the early settlers. Stems when broken, secrete a sap that turns dark blue with contact from the air.
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Some of the insects that Myfany Turpin of the University of Sydney researches. She will speak on "Grub's Up! The Category of Edible Insect Larvae in Central Australian Aboriginal Languages" at the UC Davis Entomology and Nematology's virtual seminar at 4:10 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 7.
Entomology & Nematology News: Article

Myfany Turpin Seminar on Oct. 7: Insect Larvae as Aboriginal Food

October 2, 2020
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Myfany Turpin of the University of Sydney will speak on "Grub's Up! The Category of Edible Insect Larvae in Central Australian Aboriginal Languages" at the UC Davis Entomology and Nematology's virtual seminar at 4:10 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 7.
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Storm Drain and Sewer Drain - learn the difference
BLP's in OC: Article

Storm Drain vs. Sewer Drain

October 2, 2020
By Tamara J Majcherek
During the course of our daily lives, most people walk right past storm and sewer drains never giving them much thought. But..
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Storm Drain and Sewer Drain - learn the difference.
News from UC ANR South Coast REC and Beyond: Article

Storm Drain vs. Sewer Drain

October 2, 2020
By Tamara J Majcherek
During the course of our daily lives, most people walk right past storm and sewer drains never giving them much thought. But..
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