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Preservation Notes - San Joaquin Master Food Preservers: Article

BRUSSELS SPROUTS: The Love-Hate Veggie and Methods of Preserving

September 8, 2023
Brussels sprouts - they're the Marmite of the vegetable world; you either love them or loathe them! In my childhood, these tiny green orbs were the bane of my existence, a culinary ordeal that began the moment I walked through the front door after a day of play.
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Leaves and twigs make excellent additions to the compost pile. J.C. Lawrence
The Real Dirt: Article

Compost

September 8, 2023
Many backyard gardeners are familiar with composting, a process which recycles yard trimmings along with vegetable and fruit scraps from the kitchen. Compost, a humus-like soil, results from the biological breakdown that occurs from microbial decomposition of organic material.
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photos by Mike Gunther
Under the Solano Sun: Article

Michigan Miku

September 8, 2023
A Journey to Michigan Forests of White Pine Trees and fresh water Historic island between two peninsulas Pictures are of Mackinac Island. Where movie Somewhere in Time was filmed at the Grand Hotel. Photo of Hotel also. Upper and lower peninsula connected By Mackinac 5 mile long bridge. See photo.
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A male monarch nectaring on a Mexican sunflower, Tithonia rotundifola, in a Vacaville pollinator garden. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

A Monarch Takes Flight

September 7, 2023
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
A monarch on the move... When you see a monarch foraging on a flower, have you ever seen them--or photographed them--taking flight? It's not your iconic image of monarch, but a few twists and turns, jumble of colors and jagged lines, and the monarch takes flight.
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