By Jodi Bay (This article originally appeared in the San Diego Union-Tribune – Mar 13, 2021) “If the bee disappeared off the surface of the globe, then man would have only four years of life left. No more bees, no more pollination, no more plants, no more animals, no more man.” ALBERT EINSTEIN Ah, Spring! […]
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, […]
By Judith Wolinsky The iconic black, orange and white monarch butterfly finds a welcome home in San Diego gardens. Besides being a beautiful addition to your garden, it’s an important pollinator. Creating a monarch garden habitat is easy, enjoyable and a fun multigenerational project. You will also be helping the monarch, whose numbers have been […]
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 […]
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