Spill the Beans

By Melody Kendall Late-winter pruning in the Las Flores Learning Garden's Low-water/low-maintenance garden has recently been completed at the Las Flores Community Center property, home of UC Master Gardeners of Napa County's botanical teaching garden.

by Bob Niklewicz Where do you hide your compost bin or do you hide it at all? Is everything in the back of the yard, or in wooden boxes, or big piles somewhere out of sight? Perhaps you have the garden waste inside black plastic containers that look like Darth Vader or R2D2?

by Jane Callier As a child, my grandmother would continuously admonish me to respect the value of everything. Just wait until you live through a depression she would wag her finger at me. Her influence still steers my thinking in many ways, including my approach to gardening.

by Rainer Hoenicke While perusing the aisles at a nursery a few years back, I noticed a two-foot tall honeywort (Cerinthe major purpurescens'), growing in a large container. It was in full bloom in the middle of February when hardly anything else was.

by Bob Niklewicz PT MG. As an Ergonomic Consultant, I have gone to businesses with many hand dexterity-dependent tasks such as construction sites, wineries, assembly and high-tech clean rooms. Almost without exception, there are hazards or situations that require gloves.