A 19th century nursery rhyme insists that little girls are made of "sugar and spice and everything nice." They're not, of course. And neither are butterflies always "pretty." They can be "pretty gross," according to a delightful children's picture book, "Butterflies Are Pretty...
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People rise to the occasion all the time. Mike Shore was a good farmer who helped other farmers. If you had cherimoyas or sapotes or Meyer lemons from a small farm and didnt know how to pack and market them, he would jump in and do the work.
Poison oak is a common native plant in California, growing everywhere from oak woodlands to urban parks. Chances are, you or someone you know has suffered from a rash due to poison oak at some point. The best way to avoid exposure to poison oak is knowing how to identify it.
Backyard composting doesn't have to be mysterious in the same way it doesn't have to stink. With a little attention and even less real knowledge, it's possible to have a place to throw kitchen scraps while building black gold to spread across the garden beds.
It's early morning and the spider is hungry. It snares a honey bee foraging for pollen and nectar in a patch of Mexican sunflowers (Tithonia rotundifola) in a Vacaville pollinator garden. The spider slides down the sticky web, kills its prey with a venomous bite, and begins to eat.
Academic outdoor educators receive comprehensive technical training in their fields, but often are not trained in leadership and communications skills "that aid in academic and personal success and well-being," say two UC Davis doctoral candidates enrolled in Professors for the Future (PFTF), a prog...
