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As my gardening season is approaching the end, I have found that my pepper plants are still producing an abundance of fruit, especially my Jalapeo. With my pantry fully stocked with salsas, I needed to explore an alternative way to put up these peppers.

My neighborhood is the kind of place where you can put almost anything out on the sidewalk with a FREE label attached, and it will be gonea cast-iron frying pan, bicycle parts, a sofa, books, a box of Meyer lemons.

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Recently I [Matt] had a chance to interview Tina Patton, a long-time 4-H volunteer in Nevada county who also directs our 4-H Horse Camp. The following are Tina's responses to my questions.

Ever seen a Gulf Fritillary laying an egg? The Gulf Frit, or "passion butterfly" (Agraulis vanillae), lays her tiny, yellow eggs, singly, on her host plant, the passionflower vine (Passiflora). The egg? It's about the size of a pin head.

Please find the attached list of nominees for the Kern 4-H Council.

We had some questions directed to this office on Wednesday afternoon about the weird white stuff falling from the sky.

The recent find of an infected adult Asian citrus psyllid in Santa Paula prompted the search for the potentially infected tree by CA Department of Food and Agriculture personnel to spread out to look and test. Two trees were found and presumably they will be destroyed.

No doubt you have seen many species of oaks living in wild areas of Northern California. But native oaks can also be attractive and beneficial additions to the home landscape. There are fifteen species of oaks native to California.

Oooh . . . Pumpkins! We'll feature a show on that big orange fruit/squash/gourd later this month. Learn more and listen to "In The Garden" radio show podcasts.