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Mixed Green Salad (Pixaby)
Napa Master Gardener Column: Article

The great lettuce trial of 2021! And the winner is...

June 18, 2022
I love salads. A salad with my dinner is almost as essential as a glass of wine. When most of us think of a green salad we think of lettuce. Lettuce has been cultivated for thousands of years. The word lettuce comes from the Latin for milk, due to the milky liquid it produces when a leaf is broken.
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This is a male trapdoor spider in the genus Promyrmekiaphila. Youths are invited to name the species.
Bug Squad: Article

Name That Spider Species

June 17, 2022
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
If you're a student 18 or under, here's your chance to name a spider species. You'll win the distinction of being selected the winner, and you'll be acknowledged in a scientific paper.
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Fresno County 4-H: Article

June-July 2022 Guidelines

June 17, 2022
In This Edition 2- Committee & Council Mtgs. 2- Happy New Year 2- Fresno- Beautified! 2- State Leadership Conf.
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Monterey County: Article

4-H Leader's Council June 21st meeting 2022

June 17, 2022
Dear members of the Monterey County 4-H Leaders Council, On Tuesday, June 21st, the 4-H Leaders Council will hold its monthly meeting at 7pm. This in-person meeting will be at the Large Conference room at 1432 Abbott St, Salinas.
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photos by Kathy Gunther
Under the Solano Sun: Article

It's Not a Violet!

June 17, 2022
In my research on African Violets, I have found so many wonderful other members of the Gesneriad family! The one that really has caught my eye are the Streptocarpus . The genus is native to Central, Eastern and Southern Africa, including Madagascar and the Comoro Islands.
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