When I took my first home food preservation workshop, I was surprised at the simplicity of home canning. Most regularly used recipes are easy to follow, have only a few ingredients and all follow the same processing steps. I was hooked as they say.
Who remembers drinking from a snapdragon as a kid? When was the last time you stop to drink from your snapdragons? Snapdragons are two-lipped tubular flowers and are well-known as a symbol of strength and resilience. Snapdragon flowers (Antirrhinum) are from the Plantain family.
Spring along the Northern California Coast can be unpredictable. Without summer's marine layer, it can be warm and sunny during the day and very chilly once the sun goes down. It can be rainy and wet or bone dry.
There may or may not be a silver lining for conservationists trying to save the threatened Oregon silverspot butterfly, but postdoctoral research scholar Erica Henry, of Washington State University (WSU), is among those trying to do so.
Vice President Glenda Humiston spoke to the California Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Subcommittee No. 1 on Education at a hearing to discuss the University of California's budget on Feb. 9. The session was chaired by state Sen.
We master gardeners are in essence plant detectives. We try and suss out what the plant is, what damage is happening, who or what is causing the damage to the plant. Sometimes the damage was done and the culprit isn't there anymore. We can't always be there to witness the destruction of a plant.
