Spill the Beans

by Melody Kendall Installed in November 2020 the Low water, low maintenance garden at the Las Flores Learning Garden is the first garden established by the UC Master Gardeners and the City of Napa.

by Melody Kendall I love my garden. It never fails to make me smile. Even in the fall my plants continue to provide blissful, calming vistas when viewed over my morning mocha. My dahlias, though succumbing to the inevitable yearly fall powdery mildew attack, still produce colorful blossoms.

by Bob Niklewicz PT MG. Did you know fingernails grow faster on the hand a person writes with? They also grow faster than toenails, and faster on longer fingers. Our hands are wonderfully engineered structures that are under-appreciated by most people.

by Jane Callier A couple of years ago, I was very pleased to receive a pineapple guava plant from another master gardener. I had admired the plant for quite a while with its beautiful blossoms in the spring and handsome foliage with a green color above and gray beneath.

by Rainer Hoenicke When something is designated invasive' they mean INVASIVE! Twenty six years ago we moved to our new home in north Napa. We were especially excited to get an entire U-Haul truck of beloved potted plants situated in the over 1/3 acre of planting beds at our new location.