Chickens defend California against mosquito threats
In California, sentinel chicken flocks guard against mosquito borne encephalitis. About 117 flocks in the Bay Area, Central Valley, and Southern California are lightly paid, fed, and monitored by inspectors who test their blood for antibodies to St Louis and western equine encephalomyelitis.
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Walnut Creek
Calif
California
Frank Ennik
State Health Department
Crag Downs
Contra Costa County
Skeeter
San Francisco Bay Area
Central
Valley
St. Louis
St Louis
Garden books to help you get started
Newly released garden and garden related books include Flower Crafts by Ellen Spector Platt from Rodale Press at 25 95. It offers steps to grow harvest and dry flowers leaves and more with 50 seasonal crafts. Also 560 Terrific Ideas for Gardening by Anne Halpin from Simon and Schuster at 10 99. It covers saving time maximizing space pest control season extension and container uses. Rodale's Illustrated Encyclopedia of Perennials by Ellen Phillips and Co Colston Burrell from Rodale Press at 26 95. A to Z guide with soil diseases hardiness zones seed starting and design tips and many color images. Natural Affairs A Botanist Looks at the Attachments Between Plants and People by Peter Bernhardt from Villard Books at 25.
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Ellen Spector
Platt Rodale Press
Ms. Platt
Anne Halpin
Simon & Schuster
Rodale
Ellen Phillips
Colston Burrell
Rodale Press Books
Peter Bernhardt Villard
Dwarf fruit trees offer big payoffs in small spaces
Dwarf fruit trees fit moderate landscapes with a dozen trees, though success varies by weather. In good years they yield peaches, apples, pears, cherries, and apricots. even in off years they bloom every spring and add beauty with varied leaves, bark, and forms. Some varieties resist fire blight and cross pollination needs vary by fruit.
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Marumal
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Frederick City Hall
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Marylou Musser
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Focal Purchase
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