Napa Master Gardener Column

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Weed, annual bluegrass (UC ANR). This has fibrous roots.

Roots.

April 17, 2020
By Penny Pawl, UC Master Gardener of Napa County As my garden helper and I pull weeds this springand there are so manyI look at the different roots of the various weeds.
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Forest bathing, (sylwia-bartyzel-unsplash)

Finding Respite in Green.

April 15, 2020
By Julie Pramuk, UC Master Gardener of Napa County About a year ago Master Gardeners of Napa County received a request to provide a speaker for a nursing home.
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Blog, wisteria in bloom (Free-Images.com)

Wisteria.

April 3, 2020
by Penny Pawl , U.C. Master Gardener of Napa County As I sit down to write this article, my wisteria is in full stunning bloom. No leaves are present yet, but as the blooms fade, the leaves will appear. This plant and cuttings from it have been in my family for many years.
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Seed packages, select your favorites. (Clker)

Start Vegetables from Seed.

March 27, 2020
By Susanne von Rosenberg, UC Master Gardener of Napa County It's almost the end of March, and we're getting close to the planting season for summer vegetables. At the same time, we're supposed to avoid any non-essential contact with other people.
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Let the garden soothe . . . (Annie Spratt)

Garden as Refuge.

March 20, 2020
By Susanne von Rosenberg, UC Master Gardener of Napa County Happy Spring! Spring officially arrived on Thursday, March 19, at 8:49 p.m. If you're feeling like most people right now, though, it feels less like a happy spring than a really uncertain time.
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