1. Worm castings are recommended for control of insect pests on plants. The reason for this is that worm castings contain an enzyme known as chitinase that breaks down chitin, the major constituent in ...

Watch how a California poppy flower plant was growing from a seed to blossoms. A poppy seed was randomly chosen from a sunset ...

A man who survived the Eaton Fire is on a mission to help brighten Altadena. While the city rebuilds, René Amy and a group of ...

Question: We remember the fields and gardens with California poppies when we lived on the West Coast. Can we grow them in Florida? Answer: Beds of lovely orange blooms can be growing in your yard from ...

• California’s official state flower, the California poppy (Eschscholzia californica), is celebrated every year on April 6, California Poppy Day. • The California poppy has been the state’s official ...

Imagine Altadena in the spring. That’s what René Amy did when he created and funded the Great Altadena Poppy Project. The image persisted even as the 65-year-old community activist spent the past 10 ...

Poppies are among the easiest plants to grow from seed. You scatter their seeds over the surface of the earth and let them sprout. This assumes, of course, that there will be a modicum of rain after ...