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Let’s ask a hydrogeologist! I recently had the opportunity to sit down with Timothy Parker of Parker Groundwater Consulting in Sacramento, CA. Timothy Parker began
Rebuilding habitats for natural rodent control The following article was originally posted in Wine Business Monthly in April of 2022. Did you know that owls
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
Let’s look at some data. I once saw a commercial that said: “forget everything you thought you knew about slip covers”. So I did. Admittedly
No, we aren’t breaking up. This year has been a little weird. We got a lot of rain and up until recently it’s been markedly
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