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Nothing welcomes spring better, than to see the arrival of daffodils with their cheerful faces framed by their ruffled bonnets! These loved and joyous flowers are symbolic, as they represent hope and joy. Giving a bunch of daffodils as a gift is thought to bring the receiver good fortune.

Join us on Thursday September 9th, at 6:30 pm as UCCE Master Gardener Zeal Stefanoff, leads the discussion on Vermicomposting. Registration Link The wild, wonderful world of wiggly worms or more simply kitchen worm farming.

Join the Master Gardener's Book Club October 15, 6:00pm-7:30 pm Via Zoom Sign up link Readers who enjoyed Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer, our previous Master Gardener book, are sure to enjoy this highly regarded book.

The spider failed to snag a butterfly, so it went for Plan Bee. That would be the honey bee, Apis mellifera. The bee is usually foraging for nectar and pollen and not that aware of her surroundings, especially a cunning and very hungry spider.

Partnering for California The COVID-19 pandemic hit farmers hard. Supply chains were disrupted and even non-traditional agritourism revenue streams such as hay mazes and on-farm events had to be canceled due to shelter-in-place mandates.

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Prominent integrated pest management (IPM) entomologist Charles "Charlie" Geddes Summers of Clinton, Utah, whose University of California career in crop pest management spanned 42 years, died Aug. 12, 2021 at age 79 of acute respiratory failure at a hospital in Layton, Utah. Dr.

The California Biodiversity Collaborative correctly identifies engage and empower as one of four key strategies for biodiversity conservation.

Guest author Karan Gathani is a certified Grassroots Ecology California Naturalist, and writes about the San Francisco Bay and Delta Biogregion for California Biodiversity Week 2021. You can follow more of Karan's writings posted on California Naturalist Diaries.

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