You’ve just left Raley’s with a turkey for your holiday festivities. You head north on Soscol and veer off on the Silverado Trail. As you tack to the right, you scarcely notice the little brown building with its colorful Lotto solicitations and tacky aluminum awnings, but you do see the realtor’s sign. Napa County’s oldest building, the Old Adobe, is up for sale.

Napa’s innkeepers open their doors in grand style next Saturday as the Bed & Breakfast Inns hosts the annual holiday Tour and Taste event

In my previous column, we looked at the subject of autumn tree health issues. Now, let’s look at the other side of the coin:  risk and the properties of wood.

David Horobin has a photo archive of about 5,000 photos he’s taken so far of the green house project he’s building for his family on a Napa hillside.

“I have a Victorian that’s missing several decorative spindles. Where can I find replacements?”

Almost everyone has a favorite apple memory, whether it’s bobbing for apples at Halloween, eating a wonderful apple pie, or picking apples on a crisp fall day. If you have a little space on your property that gets at least seven hours of sunlight a day, you can grow your own apples.