Napa Master Gardener Column

By Cindy Watter, UC Master Gardener of Napa CountyAll the signs were there for some time, but I was too distracted to pay attention. First, the cherry tree (never a robust bearer) began to put forth two cherries per season. Next, I started to notice a healthy crop of mushrooms after every rain at the base of…

By Corinne Yoshihara, UC Master Gardener of Napa County.  Monkeyflowers are one of my favorite native plants. They have cheerful colors, are very resilient and have great ecological value. In my garden, they thrive mostly on their own. Their seeds scatter serendipitously, and their flowers add lovely…

By Penny Pawl, UC Master Gardener of Napa County.  I was recently in my garden looking at my milkweed (Asclepias) and Jupiter’s beard (Centranthus ruber) when I noticed another flower with long spikes and different foliage peeking through the dense forest of stems.  What was it?  …

By Lloyd Christopher Jones, Jr., UC Master Gardener of Napa County.  As a graduate of Cornell University’s Master of Professional Studies program, I did my capstone project on the symbiotic relationship between arbuscular mycorrhizae fungi (AMF) and Vitis vinifera ‘Pinot Noir’.apes.   I now believe…

By Rainer Hoenicke, UC Master Gardener of Napa County.  By now, most Americans are aware that international events are disrupting supply chains and affecting our wallets. Many growers have had to find alternatives to traditional chemical fertilizers because thousands of pounds of potassium and nitrate…