MURRIETA, Calif. (AP) — Leo Ortega started growing spiky blue agave plants on the arid hillsides around his Southern California home because his wife liked the way they looked. A decade later, his ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When you hear the word "agave," what comes to mind? If you're like most folks, it probably sparks images of large, spiky plants ...

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“Oh, look, this one is hiding,” Isela Islas Montiel says as she digs into the tiny tunnels at the bottom of a rotting agave leaf. Like kids in a schoolyard, we wait as cherry-red chinicuil worms, the ...