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 The delicate gossamer-winged butterfly gives color and grace to your garden. Besides being beauties, they are good pollinators in our gardens and in the wild. Groups of butterflies are called kaleidoscopes, flutter, or swarm. The purpose of a butterfly’s life is to find a mate and a host plant for the…

Jóvenes estudiantes recibieron conocimientos y opciones profesionales durante programa en Centro REC de HoplandMarie Álvarez, de 20 años y miembro de la banda de indígenas nativos Pomo de Scotts Valley, nunca se consideró una “científica”. Tampoco pasó por su cabeza que las ciencias fueran uno de sus puntos…

The National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program play a crucial role in ensuring access to nutritious meals for children in the US. During the COVID-19 pandemic, federal waivers allowed all schools to offer Universal Free School Meals (UFSM) from 2020 to 2022, but when these waivers expired,…

The avocado lace bug (Pseudacysta perseae) is an expanding threat to avocado production in California. This bug was first described in Florida in 1908. Although it was assumed to be native to Florida, research from UC Riverside funded by the California Avocado Commission identified that it originated from…

 Article and photos by Megan Smith -  I have to say, fall could be my very favorite time of year. Not necessarily because the garden is bursting with abundance and color, in fact quite the opposite. Plants are shutting themselves down, ending their life cycle or going dormant. Most everything…

By Carol Glaser, UC Master Gardener of Napa County. When our first fall rains arrive, we gardeners breathe a sigh of relief. We need this moisture, and so does the soil after the long, hot dry spell of summer. Our fall and winter rain is precious, but home builders and engineers have worked hard to move…