Napa Master Gardener Column

By Susanne von Rosenberg, UC Master Gardener of Napa County Many of us set goals at the start of a new year, and most of us give up on them fairly quickly. How about focusing on your garden this year instead? That will probably be a lot more fun than any resolution you were going to make.

By T. Eric Nightingale, UC Master Gardener of Napa County Your garden soil has the ability to absorb and store atmospheric carbon. This process, called carbon sequestration, has been in effect since the early days of Earth's history. Plants absorb carbon dioxide from the air.

By Denise Levine, UC Master Gardener of Napa County Purple plants do well in my garden. Animals seem to leave them alone, and birds that seem to know which little green things are weeds and which are my seedlings hop by my baby purple plants without assaulting them.

By Penny Pawl, UC Master Gardener of Napa County This past November, I went to Oaxaca to celebrate the Day of the Dead. The experience was unique in many ways and I enjoyed it very much. The parades, the music, the food and especially the flowers really delighted me.

By T. Eric Nightingale, UC Master Gardener of Napa County If you are like me, you have occasionally daydreamed of a life on a farm.