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A monarch laying eggs in a Vacaville retail nursery on Sept. 4, 2019. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

That Milkweed You Buy at Retail Nurseries May Contain Pesticides

August 31, 2022
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
It's Sept. 4, 2019. We notice a monarch butterfly laying eggs on milkweed in an enclosed Vacaville retail nursery. We purchase the plant and add it to our pollinator garden. Did the eggs ever hatch? Did we ever get caterpillars, chrysalids and adults? No. Zero. Zilch. Nada.
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Nutrition Policy Institute News: Article

NPI job openings: Assistant Project Scientist

August 31, 2022
By Danielle Lee, Wendi Gosliner
Two Assistant Project Scientist positions are available at the Nutrition Policy Institute, University of California, Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources.
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The Coastal Gardener : Article

September Gardening Notes

August 31, 2022
By Sherida J Phibbs
Do you wonder what seasonal gardening tasks should be done month-by-month? Or what seasonal pests to be looking out for? The Humboldt/Del Norte Master Gardener Help Desk Team is providing you with some tasks that will help you maintain and grow beautiful edibles and landscape plants.
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Topics in Subtropics: Article

Passionfruit Wilt

August 31, 2022
By Ben A Faber
Walking a passionfruit vineyard in Carpinteria recently, we saw wilted leaves and total plant collapse.
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A praying mantis, a Stagmomantis limbata, hides beneath an African blue basil leaf in a Vacaville pollinator garden. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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How to Find a Praying Mantis in the Wild

August 30, 2022
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
If you're trying to find a praying mantis in the wild, go where the food source is. Sounds pretty easy, right? But oh, they're camouflaged. They lie in wait, as ambush predators, and strike. Now you see the predator, now you don't.
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The Stanislaus Sprout: Article

September is for Composting!

August 30, 2022
By Anne E Schellman
Curious about composting but not sure where to start? Tried composting in the past but gave up for various reasons?
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