Tips for building a birdhouse:

For these tenants, a wood shack is as good as a palace.

John’s Rose Garden is open Sunday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. for its annual public day. The garden located at 1040 Mt. George Ave., contains thousands of roses in bloom. Visitors may tour it free of charge, but donations go to the Napa Valley College scholarships established in memory of John Dallas, who planted the roses.

The annual “It’s Not Your Mother’s Rummage Sale” put on by the Russia Ministry of Grace Episcopal Church in St. Helena takes place May 16-17.

Bill Pramuk
Trees and People

Roses are not generally on the top of anyone’s list for a shade garden. I did not intend to grow roses in the shade.