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Fireweed is one of the first species to colonize the soil after a forest fire, Wikimedia
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There’s Green in the Burn

February 8, 2019
By Laura Lukes, UC Master Gardener of Butte County, February 8, 2019 It didn't take long. Soon after the first post-Camp Fire rains, there was green in the burned area. Along lower Skyway, a blanket of soft verdure overlay the harsh scars of incineration.
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Have you seen a cabbage white butterfly yet this year? This image, taken last summer in Vacaville, shows a cabbage white butterfly trying to share a blossom with a honey bee. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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No Rapae Today! Maybe Tomorrow?

January 24, 2019
No winner yet. The annual Beer for a Butterfly" or "Suds for a Bug" contest has not produced a winner. But somewhere out there, is a cabbage white butterfly taking its first flight.
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Ammoplanines wasp
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Ammoplanines Wasps

January 18, 2019
Ammoplanines Wasps By Norman Smith UCCE Master Gardener I'm often asked what it is that I do in my spare time. Besides golf, bowling, travel and gardening, I like to study my tiny research insects, the Ammoplanines.
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Domenic Fino talks with a room of farmers about crop insurance options at the January 9th Farmer-to-Farmer Breakfast in Auburn.
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Did You Miss the Farmer-to-Farmer Breakfast?

January 14, 2019
A room full of farmers came out on a rainy Wednesday morning to enjoy breakfast together. Our guest speaker, Domenic Fino of Golden Pacific Crop Insurance Services, came all the way from Dinuba, California.
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