Healthy Garden Tips
Container & Raised Beds
- Plants for Containers
- Raised Bed Gardening
- Selecting Lumber & Lumber Substitutes (ANR #8144)
- Small Space & Container Maintenance
- Soil Mixes for Containers
- Using CCA Preservative-Treated Lumber in Gardens & Landscaping (ANR #8128)
Drought
- Cash For Grass
- Drought Resistant Crops & Varieties
- Drought Strategies for Home Landscapes
- Food Gardening with Less Water
- Keeping Plants Alive Under Drought (ANR)
- Managing Irrigation in Fruit & Nut Trees during Drought (UCD Drought Tip)
- Q&A Water Conservation & Drought
- Water Conservation Suggestions for your Home Vegetable Garden
- Water Efficient Landscape Plants
- Water Management Resources
Floriculture
- Bulbs in Pots
- Daylily Pests
- Flowering Bulbs Basic Care
- Flowers for Cutting
- Forcing Bulbs to Bloom Early
- Pruning Rose Bushes
- Recommended Roses for Napa
- Rose Cycle
- Rose Propagation
- Tips - Cut Flower Gardens and Arrangements
- Types of Flowering Bulbs
Fruit, Non-Tree
Fruit & Nut Trees
- Apple Calendar of Operations
- Calendar of Backyard Gardening Operations for Selected Temperate Fruit Trees and Nut Trees
- Frost Protection For Citrus - PDF
- History and Culture of Apples
- Navel Orange Split (ANR Pub 8038)
- Peaches-Rootstocks-Varieties
- Planting Bareroot Trees
- Ten Things to Know About Fruit Tree Selection and Planting
Fungicides & Oil Sprays
- Easy On-Site Tests for Fungi & Viruses in Nurseries & Greenhouses (ANR Pub 8002)
- Garden Good Guys-Dormant Spraying (Marin MGs)
- Using Horticultural Oil Sprays
- Winter Fungicide Tree Sprays
General Garden
- Choosing the Right Plant Right Place
- Climate of Napa County
- Climate Zones Map of Napa County
- Cool Season Gardens for Napa County
- Creating Microclimates in the Garden
- Freeze Protection Simplified
- Garden Checklist Fall
- Pumpkin and Sunflower Planting Instructions
- Raising and Toasting Your Own Seeds
- Safe Plant and Seed Purchases
- Seed Buying 101
- Seed Sources: Wildflowers & Native Plant Seed
- Seed Starting
- Tips for Diagnosing Plant Diseases
- Tips for Diagnosing Plant Problems Caused by Insects and Mites
- Warm Season Gardens Napa County
Habitats & Pollinator Gardens
IPM
- About the Barn Owl (Amador Barn Owl Box Co.)
- Collecting and Handling the Convergent Lady Beetle
- Convergent Lady Beetle, Notes on
- Cucumber Beetles (IPM Website)
- Green Lacewing Suppliers
- Increasing Beneficial Organisms in your Garden
- Increasing Beneficial Organisms in your Garden
- Predaceous and Darkling Ground Beetles
- Protecting Live Oaks Against Bark Beetles and Ambrosia Beetles
- Sustainable Pest Management for Home Gardens
- Ten Ways to Reduce Toxic Pesticide - Espanol
- Ten Ways to Reduce Toxic Pesticide - Garden
- Tips for Diagnosing Insects and Mites
Labs-Home Gardeners
- Commercial Labs for Home Gardeners
- Selected Plant and Soil Laboratories in Northern and Central California (UC ANR)
Lawns
Plant Propagation & Transplanting
- Plant Propagation
- Rose Propagation
- Transplanting
- Transplanting Shrubs and Trees
- Transplanting Small Plants and Flowers & Shrubs from Containers
Pruning
- Fruit Trees: Pruning and Training Deciduous Trees ANR 8057
- Fruit Trees: Pruning Overgrown Deciduous Trees ANR 8058
- Pruning Deciduous Fruit Trees - Simplified by John Hoffman
- Pruning Rose Bushes
- Selecting the Right Pruning Tools
- Ten Basics - How to Prune Fruit Trees
- Ten Things to Know About Pruning Fruit Trees
Soil, Amendments, Mulches & Compost
- 2022-Improve Soil Health Tips
- Amendments for Landscape Soils
- Compost Basics – Turning Garbage into Gold
- Compost Troubleshooting
- Improving Your Soil with Organic Mulches
- Jar Test Soil
- Making a Soil Ribbon
- MG Catalog of Soil Problems
- Mulches, Soil, Amendments, Fertilizers
- Soil Solarization
- Using Garden Mulches
- Worms - Nature's Recyclers
Vegetables
- Artichokes
- Asparagus
- Beans
- Greens and Leafy Vegetables
- Growing Eggplant in Napa County
- Growing Green Beans in Napa County
- Growing Kitchen Herbs
- Growing Melons in Napa County
- Growing Onions
- Growing Peas
- Growing Peppers in Napa County
- Growing Potatoes in Napa County
- Growing Snap Green Beans
- Growing Squash and Pumpkins in Napa County
- Growing Sweet Corn in Napa County
- Growing Tomatoes in Napa County
- Harvesting Herbs
- Planting guide for Napa County
- Planting Guide Month by Month for Annual Vegetables in Napa County
- Planting Guide Napa County Quantity, Spacing & Timing
- Squash, Summer
- Squash, Winter
- Summer/Fall -- Winter/Spring Planting Guide for Napa County Vegetables
- Vegetable Crop Rotation
- Vegetable Garden Basics (ANR #8059)
Wise Watering