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This is what the ootheca looked like in mid-March. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

The Day a Clothespin Sprang to Life

April 14, 2022
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Saturday, April 9 was the day a clothespin sprang to life. Some 200 praying mantis nymphs emerged from an ootheca that Mama Mantis (Stagmomantis limbata) had deposited last summer in our pollinator garden in Vacaville.
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Plant Clinic

April 13, 2022
Do you have gardening questions? What weed is this? What insect is this? What are some good water wise plants? Need tomato advice? What tree should you plant?
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This lady beetle, aka ladybug, appears to ponder its next move. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Flight of the Ladybug, The Origami Master

April 13, 2022
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Ladybug, ladybug fly away home Your house is on fire and your children are gone All except one, and her name is Ann And she hid under the baking pan. So says a traditional nursery rhyme traced back to 1744 when it appeared in Tommy Thumb's Pretty Songbook, according to Wikipedia.
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photo of a red and yellow striped alstroemeria (peruvian lily) with a background of wood mulch
Under the Solano Sun: Article

GardenFit

April 13, 2022
Gardening is inspirational, empowering, creative, and exhausting. I weed, prune, rake and mulch all in anticipation of what I really want to do - plant. If I am not already achy when I come in, I will be the next day or two or three.
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passionfruit interplanted with chermioya

Follow Your Passion

April 13, 2022
By Ben A Faber
To Passionfruit Growers, packers, shippers: Several researchers in states with passionfruit are collaborating with Dr. Eric Stafne, Professor, Fruit Crops from Mississippi State University on a project to prioritize research and extension programs for the U.S. passionfruit industry.
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