Santa Fe Extension Master Gardeners (the SFEMG) is a nonprofit, volunteer organization dedicated to learning, teaching, and promoting locally sustainable gardening through practical, research-based knowledge and programs.
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Education Opportunities
Attracting Beneficial Bugs to Your Garden: A Natural Approach to Pest Control by Jessica Walliser serves as a valuable resource and will help gardeners like me achieve this goal. The author writes from the perspective of a gardener who learned to love the insects that visit her gardens.
At least one in four American adults had seasonal allergies in 2021, according to the most recent study by the Centers for Disease Control. When a person is allergic to one or several types of pollen encountered through inhalation or contact, the body’s immune system releases chemicals such as histamines to fight off the perceived threat. I
Book review by SFEMG member Eugenia Perry
This magisterial book is a daunting compendium, burdened at times by polysyllabic mouthfuls, like dimethyltryptamine or DMT. It’s also absorptive reading because the author interweaves clear observational science with details from his own life’s story. He can’t help exploring his feelings. His subject requires it.
