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I wrote about worm farming recently in preparation for a presentation at the library. What I didn’t mention was that I had also restarted my own worm farm.  Over the years, I’ve repeatedly tried to start a new one, then as soon as the very hot temperature days come, the bins dry out, and most of…

July 11th was a red-letter day in our garden.  I made the weekend check of the side yard to see if anything there needed more water to tide it over until the sprinklers on Monday.  I quickly scanned the milkweed plants as I do every time I am in the side yard.  I hadn’t seen a Monarch…

On Saturday morning at the Dunnell Nature Park and Education Center in Fairfield, there was a beautifully planned and presented workshop by MG Ruth Clawson.  Ruth spoke to a packed audience on how to make gifts from your summer garden.  She demonstrated how to make small flower posies, as well as a…

Western sycamore, Platanus racemosa, is a statuesque deciduous tree found in riparian areas and dry washes. It is almost always found in wetland-riparian settings such as stream sides and moist canyon bottoms and its range extends from the northern Central Valley to coastal San Diego County and Baja…