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Our wonderful Wheaten Terrier, Darby, gave me the idea for today's blog! Let me explain. If you're a dog owner/walker, you'll understand that these little guys are the best seed collectors on the planet.

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Tuesday, Nov. 2 will be a special day of celebration at the annual Entomological Society of America (ESA) meeting, being held in the Colorado Convention Center, Denver. Tuesday is when ESA will honor scores of award winners at its Founders' Memorial Lecture breakfast meeting. The theme of the Oct.

As you may have heard, President Drake issued an Executive Order on October 8 requiring all covered UC students, faculty, other academic appointees and staff to get vaccinated against influenza or opt out using a form supplied by their location.

While out walking, I glanced up into a palm tree (probably while looking for barn owls) and was surprised to find that both a fig and an oak had taken root in the upper portion of the palm. It made me laugh because both plants can be vigorous and tenacious in their distribution.

Light is probably the most important factor for indoor plant growth. In most houses, it's probably the most limiting factor as well. To add to the problem, light levels begin to dwindle in fall as the days become shorter.

By Susanne von Rosenberg, UC Master Gardener of Napa County One of the pleasures of gardening is having the freshest possible ingredients available for cooking. Another one, if you do it right, is saving money.

Rice growers currently rely heavily on pyrethroid insecticides to manage tadpole shrimp, a crustacean pest that targets young rice seedlings in flooded rice fields.

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