Spill the Beans

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Ergonomics and Circulation

July 18th, 2022
By Bob Niklewicz PT MG Did you know there are 60,000 miles of blood vessels in the human body? The word Ergonomics does come from Ergon work and Nomos natural laws. Ergonomics means the working body should function at optimal level within physiological limits.
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Our Garden Tours

July 11th, 2022
by Cynthia Kerson Being a UC Master Gardener has many joys. We attend classes on multiple horticultural topics and are given access to an amazing font of research based horticultural information.
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Garden Ergonomics

June 27th, 2022
by Bob Niklewicz PT MG Whether you are a Budding Gardener or an Old Sage, the wonderful experiences we feel from the enjoyment of developing our garden should not be painful ones.
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Firewise Gardening Strategies

June 20th, 2022
by Melody Kendall I was born and raised here in beautiful Napa Valley. My memory isn't what it used to be, but I am observing that climate change thing is real. When I was little we had sufficient rain in the winter, enough that I could play in the puddles and make mud pies on a regularly.
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Irrigating with Greywater

June 13th, 2022
by Rainer Hoenicke One of the public workshop topics by the Master Gardeners of Napa County's teaching garden, the Las Flores Learning Garden, explored the use of greywater for irrigation. The definitions of greywater differ from state to state.
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