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Open Garden - Date change

August 3, 2022
Change of Date! Change of Date! Change of Date! Open Garden Saturday August 20, 9 to 11 am Donna Critchfield Demonstration Garden 499 Marguerite, Williams...
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A crab spider administers a fatal bite on a katydid. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

Tough Day for a Tettigoniid on a Tithonia

August 3, 2022
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
It was a tough day for a Tettigoniid on a Tithonia. When a katydid (Tettigoniid) encountered a crab spider on a Mexican sunflower, Tithonia rotundifola, in our garden, the katydid didn't last long. The spider administered a venomous bite and it was all over.
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pixie cluster
Topics in Subtropics: Article

Ojai Pixies?

August 3, 2022
By Ben A Faber
Lisa Morehouse https://www.kqed.org/news/11919000/ojais-famous-pixie-tangerine-struggles-to-survive-wildfires-and-a-hot-real-estate-market On his organic orchard in Ojai in May 2022, Jim Churchill picks the last of the season's Pixies.
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photos by Brenda Altman
Under the Solano Sun: Article

Share Your Bounty with Your Neighbors

August 3, 2022
Recently, I donated a box of pears I had grown to the Concord location of the Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano Counties. I was impressed with the Food Banks facility and operation.
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avocado rootstock
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Avocado Varieties and Rootstocks

August 2, 2022
By Ben A Faber
August 17 (1-3 PM) Live Seminar and Hybrid Zoom Topic Speakers: Mary Lu Arpaia - UC Riverside Extension Specialist/Plant Breeder Avocado Varieties: Current status and crystal ball gazing towards the future Consuelo Fernandez - Brokaw Nursery R&D Manager Performance of Commercially Available Rootstoc...
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