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Garden Help Desk: Protecting beets, chard and spinach from leafminer insects

I’m finally planting my beets in a few days, but I don’t want to have the same problem I had last year. I don’t know what you call the disease, but the leaves got large brown patches on them and dried out. I still got lots of nice beets, but I want to avoid that problem this year. ...

Garden Help Desk: Spring brings swarming bees and aphids

We have a swarm of bees (we’re pretty sure they’re bees, not wasps) on a stump close to our big garden. We know they would be good for our garden and fruit trees, so we’d like to let them stay. How can we encourage them to stick around? There is a swarm of bees in my chimney. I know I ...

Tales from Utah Valley: Garden time is sharing time

Ten percent of Utah’s residents, or 317,000 people, are unsure where their next meal will come from. It is not unusual for teachers to hear from students about having little or no food in their homes. The local food banks and pantries are experiencing an increase in families and individuals ...

Utah Valley Calendar: Things to do – April 27

AMERICAN FORK Discount Day at the Butterfly Biosphere — Family Haven, a local nonprofit that specializes in the prevention and treatment of child abuse, is holding a discount day for the Butterfly Biosphere at Thanksgiving Point from 6 to 9 p.m. on Monday, April 29. Tickets will be $15 for ...

Money Matters: Building a greener future with sustainable housing

At a time when environmental consciousness is becoming ever more vitally important, the housing industry is making itself at home in the middle of this profound transformation. Sustainable housing was once a niche concept, but it has moved its address to the front lines of architectural ...