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Murphys Artist B.R. Garvin Featured at Harbinger Gallery |
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Posted by: Kim_Hamilton on 08/11/2008 09:30 PM
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Arnold, CA....With more than 40 years of professional painting under her belt, Barbara Garvin has now taken time to reflect on her beloved profession and has created a new body of work that spans her entire career. Some collectors may remember Barbara Garvin’s great western style paintings of cowboys in the rain - or the rear view of horses standing in a line - or maybe even a....
   
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Calaveras Grown.....NEW Government Center Farmers Market in San Andreas Continues Every Wednesday |
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Posted by: Kim_Hamilton on 08/10/2008 03:24 PM
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San Andreas, CA....The NEW Government Center Farmers Market in San Andreas will continue every Wednesday. Location is 891 Mountain Ranch RD. in San Andreas (the Government Center) from 3:30 pm. to dusk. There are many reasons why shopping and buying locally makes since. Your dollar stays here in the county. You get the freshest, ripest fruits and vegetables possible. You will help to reduce our use of oil and fuel. You will help to reduce air pollution......
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Don’t Get Kissed by a Kissing Bug~By Ken Churches |
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Posted by: Kim_Hamilton on 08/07/2008 12:25 AM
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Just this week I spoke with a Foothill resident who was bitten by a kissing bug while in his bed. Within a few hours he found himself in the emergency room at the hospital. Conenose bugs are commonly called assassin bugs. Most members of this family are predators of other insects, but the conenose bugs (also known as kissing bugs), are bloodsucking parasites of a wide variety of domestic and wild animals and humans. In California these bugs are most prevalent in the foothill areas surrounding the Central Valley.....
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Blossom End Rot on Tomatoes is Not Contagious~By Ken Churches |
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Posted by: Kim_Hamilton on 08/07/2008 12:29 AM
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We were so fortunate that Ken Churches sent us two Gardening Articles for today:) Home gardeners often become alarmed when they find large, gray-to-black spots on the blossom ends of both green and ripening tomatoes. What is the cause? Blossom end rot......
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Plan to Visit The Painted Frogs of Calaveras "Class of 2008" and Win Fabulous Prizes! |
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Posted by: Kim_Hamilton on 08/06/2008 08:53 PM
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Calaveras County, CA....The Painted Frogs of Calaveras is a Community Art Project sponsored by the Calaveras Chamber of Commerce. ThePineTree.net has a Fun Contest planned beginning on September 27th and and ending October 20th. Print the "Class of 2008" FROG MAP WE HAVE ENCLOSED and pay a visit to each frog site. Your map will be stamped at the site with a "frog". When you have finished visiting all of the Frog sites, drop off your map at the Calaveras Chamber of Commerce, attention Diane, no later than October 21st, with your name and phone # filled out. We will then hold a drawing for some FABULOUS PRIZES donated so generously by local businesses.... including Two Tickets to the Gala Auction, Kayak rentals from SNAC, A Free Zip Line adventure from Cave and Mine Adventures, CAMPS Dinner Gift Certificate, Golf for Foursome at Greenhorn Creek Golf Resort, Local Wines, Gift Certificates, Gift Baskets and More! The drawings will be held on October 20th. This will give you the opportunity to go and visit these lovely frogs that local artists have so put some much time and energy into and to also visit the business that has so graciously sponsored these frogs. They really are to be appreciated, especially in person:)....
           
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Mr. Tortie Will Pay a Visit to Murphys Nursery This Saturday! |
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Posted by: Kim_Hamilton on 07/29/2008 09:40 PM
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Murphys, CA....The ever so popular "Mr. Tortie" will pay a visit to Murphys Nursery on Saturday August 2nd. So head on out to say hi! What a great hands-on experience for the entire family! Mr. Tortie will be happy to sign autographs if you catch him in the right mood! No permanent markers please....As he is 80 and remains graffiti free:) If it's not a Greenhouse....It's not Murphys Nursery!
Mr. Tortie!
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Coffee Grounds Perk up Compost~By Ken Churches |
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Posted by: Kim_Hamilton on 07/29/2008 02:28 PM
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Coffee grounds can be an excellent addition to a compost pile. The grounds are relatively rich in nitrogen, providing bacteria the energy they need to turn organic matter into compost. About 2 percent nitrogen by volume, used coffee grounds can be a safe substitute for nitrogen-rich manure in the compost pile......
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Habitat For Humanity Green Home Video~By Paul Moeller |
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Posted by: thepinetree on 07/29/2008 01:34 PM
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Valley Springs, CA...We would like to thank Paul Moeller for this great video on the new Green Construction techniques being used in the construction of the new Habitat For Humanity home in Valley Springs. Insulation Techniques, Solar Energy and more are just a few of the items under discussion. The Video Runs about 13 minutes...
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Bee Research Aims for Diverse Bee Genetic Pool~By Ken Churches |
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Posted by: Kim_Hamilton on 07/26/2008 10:59 PM
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| Davis, CA....UC Davis bee breeder-geneticist Susan Cobey and Steve Sheppard, a professor and apiculturist at Washington State University, Pullman, Wash., are investigating several races of the Western or European honey bee (Apis mellifera), which European settlers brought to America in 1622. The Cobey-Sheppard research team has received semen from the Italian bee, shipped from Italy; the Carniolan bee, from Germany; and the Caucasian bee, from the Caucasus region of Eurasia. The Italian bee is a honey-colored bee .... |
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"The King of Sting" Book Signing |
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Posted by: Kim_Hamilton on 07/26/2008 10:23 AM
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Calaveras County, CA...Calaveras County author Sal Manna will autograph his new book, “The King of Sting: The Amazing True Story of a Modern American Outlaw,” a true crime biography penned with its subject, Craig Glazer, on Friday, August 1, from 5-7 p.m. at the Ice Cream Depot in the Historic Valley Springs Train Depot (corner of Hwys. 12 and 26). Recently #1 in True Crime Biographies on Amazon.com, the book has been called “a high-flying, adrenaline-filled story”....
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