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Five Blueberry Facts

5 Fun Facts Blueberries provide year-round beauty in the landscape as well as nutritious, delicious fruit. They are native to …

clear, gummy ooze on the surface of peach skin

Peach Fruit Gummosis

It’s spring, and you start noticing a clear, gummy ooze coming from your newly formed peaches. The likely cause …

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Butterflies in Your Backyard

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Butternut Squash

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Thin Your Peaches Like a Pro!

Does your peach tree yield small, flavorless fruit? Try thinning your peaches for a better quality yield. When we …

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Calico scale, Eulecanium cerasorum, was accidentally introduced to California from Asia in the 1920s. It has now become established …

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