
2023 Growing Season: The Napa Edition
A couple weeks ago I was asked by Tim Carl over at Napa Valley Features to write a review of the 2023 season with a
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A couple weeks ago I was asked by Tim Carl over at Napa Valley Features to write a review of the 2023 season with a

Yesterday marked the official end of the growing season and what a season it was, amiright?? 2023 has proven to be polarizing. For some growers

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How can I find out? Despite the deluge we Californians got this winter and early spring, we’re not out of the drought. Many of the
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