COUNTY AGRICULTURAL REPORT SHOWS STRAWBERRIES RAKED IN $850 MILLION LAST YEAR
Santa Barbara County released its Agricultural Crop Report and showed a $1.9 Billion value of agricultural production last year with strawberries leading the charge.
Explained: What is making California’s wildfires so deadly?
As the American state battles the blaze, here is what making them deadlier and bigger each year
California poised to restrict bee-killing pestocides
Widely used insecticides that harm bees and songbirds would face far-reaching restrictions in California under regulations proposed by the state’s pesticide agency.
Why the California Dream Long Included a Lawn
State Votes to Protect Imperiled Wildflower Threatened by California Gold Mining
Milkweed for monarchs: Local plant giveaways aim to sustain butterfly
Hundreds of Ventura County residents are converging on events to pick up free native milkweed plants that support monarch butterflies and provide an alternative to a recently banned nonnative milkweed harmful to monarchs.
Why Some of Your Annuals Should Be Native Plants
Say the word “annuals” and most gardeners think of subtropical plants like petunias or marigolds. But native annuals do so much more for your garden.
Quebec communities help endangered monarchs with butterfly-friendly plants
Plant it and they will come. That is the way of thinking for a growing community of volunteers behind the Butterflyway Project.
Create a hummingbird habitat in your garden with colorful drought-tolerant California native plants
On a recent morning, a tiny Allen’s hummingbird guarded an entire row of California native plants, chasing off competitors that ventured too close to his blooms.
Getting started with sustainable landscaping
Want to save the butterflies and bees? Start with your own backyard.