By DONNA MCCLAY Question: Is companion planting a good idea for my vegetable garden? Answer: Yes! Companion planting has been used in organic gardens for years. Companion planting provides many advantages for the home vegetable gardener. It is defined as planting two or more species in close proximity to create biodiversity and increase yield. Some […]
By By LINDA JONES Summer is the “time of the garden,” when flowers are riotously blooming and fruit and vegetables are ripening. However, you may find you’re not the only one enjoying the fruits of your labors. In order to support their next generation, many nonvertebrate pests, such as aphids and snails, may be eating leaves, […]
TO FEAR OR NOT TO FEAR, THAT IS THE QUESTION By James A. Bethke Many years ago, I collected black widows, Latrodectus hesperus, from my yard (almost 50) and gave them to Rick Vetter, a friend from the Entomology Department at UC Riverside, so that he could extract spider venom in search of a […]
Presence of near-invisible chilli thrip detected by deformed, discolored blooms By RITA PERWICH (This article first appeared in the San Diego Union-Tribune on April 4, 2019) When I was a child, I was scared of the jabberwocky and other similar monsters. I outgrew those fears, but I am presently filled with even greater anxiety about […]
