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Need more plants in your life?

The Placerville Shakespeare Club’s 2023 annual Spring Plant Sale will be held 8-11 a.m.

Saturday, May 13, outside in the front yard of the clubhouse at 2940 are “made for each other.” Research shows that native wildlife clearly prefers native plants.

Smart water usage is vital in California. California native plants need minimal irrigation beyond normal rainfall. Less garden water reduces invasive weed and insect survival. In turn less pesticide use and weeding time is needed.

California’s wealth of insect pollinators can improve fruit set in your garden, while a variety of native insects and birds will help keep your landscape free of mosquitoes and planteating bugs.

Looking for locally native plants? Check out the spring SacValley CNPS native plant garden sale April 15. For more information visit sacvalleycnps.org/plantsales.

Plant Sale

Bedford Ave., Placerville. There will be a large selection of perennials, vegetable plants and tomatoes galore. In addition, there will be a wide variety of yard art available. Come early for the best bargains. For more information visit placervilleshakespeare.com.

El Dorado County Chapter Of Native Plant Society

The California Native Plant Society — El Dorado chapter hosts field trips designed to both educate and entertain in April and May.

Tour highlights include the Pine Hill Preserve tours that will bring guests up close and personal with not only the rare plant species the preserve was established to protect with habitat conservation, but they will also see the diverse habitats of the preserve, from grassland to (two types of) chaparral, to oak woodlands and many, many other plant species.

The Pine Hill Preserve is found within the El Dorado County gabbroic intrusive geological complex, where there are a number of plants that are found nowhere else on earth. However, within the area of this gabbroic complex, there are 740-plus species of plants, making this a biodiversity hotspot within the biodiversity hotspot that is California as a whole Traverse Creek, like Pine Hill Preserve, harbors a unique suite of plant species, some of which are rare, and restricted to serpentine soils — soils derived from serpentinite. In spring to summer, visitors can see these blooming, as well as so many non-rare plants, but equally as beautiful. The area also encompasses archeological sites. Plant communities there include chaparral, with leather oak, riparian habitats along creeks and oak woodlands. Wildflowers include vast expanses of goldfields, along with brodiaeas, bitterroot, monkeyflowers, trillium and many more.

All tours begin a 9 a.m. except the April 16 bird tour.

• Sunday, April 16, meet at 7 a.m. — Kanaka Valley Bird Tour with Chris Conard

• Sunday, April 23 — Cameron Park Unit Plants Tour (Meder Road)

• Saturday, April 29 — Pine Hill Ecological Reserve Plants Tour

• Sunday, May 7 — Kanaka Valley Plants and Pollinators Tour with Lisa Couper

• Sunday, May 14 — Pine Hill Ecological Reserve Plants Tour

• Friday, May 19 — Traverse Creek

Botanical Special Interest Area, Eldorado National Forest

Peripheral neuropathy is a result of damage to the nerves often causing weakness, pain, numbness, tingling, and may also lead to serious balance problems.

This damage is commonly caused by a lack of blood ow to the nerves in the hands and feet. If not properly treated this lack of blood ow may cause the nerves to degenerate.

As you can see in Figure 1, as the blood vessels surrounding the nerves become diseased they shrink and shrivel. This process hastens the ow of vital nutrients to the

In order to effectively treat your neuropathy 3 factors must be determined.

What is the underlying cause? 1

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Placerville, CA – Currently the most common method most doctor’s recommend to treat neuropathy is with the use of prescription drugs. Although these drugs may temporarily reduce your symptoms they may cause a feeling of discomfort and in some cases lead to a variety of terrible unwanted side effects. We have a different method!

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The treatment to increase blood ow utilizes a specialized low-level light therapy (not to be confused with laser therapy) using light emitting diode technology. This technology was originally developed by NASA to assist in increasing blow ow.

The low level light therapy is like watering a tree. The light therapy will allow the blood vessels to grow back around the peripheral nerves and provide them with the proper nutrients to heal and repair. It’s like adding water to a tree and seeing the roots grow deeper and deeper.

The amount of treatment needed to allow the nerves to fully recover varies from person to person and can only be determined after a detailed neurological and vascular evaluation.

“My feet hurt so bad after sitting I could barely take the rst few steps. I have had 11 treatments and no longer feel sharp or shooting pains and most of the tingling is gone. I now have full balance and can walk without pain. As Dr. Mooney explained the treatment is not painful, nothing uncomfortable, and is actually very relaxing.” –

Plants are a popular way to bring nature into your home and garden, but what if they can bring you good luck, too?

According to feng shui, a traditional Chinese practice, some plants and flowers can bring good fortune, health and positive energy into your life.

In the spirit of national gardening month, the luck experts at PA Casino were interested in exploring this further.

Gathering a seed list of 30 household plants which are considered ‘lucky’ by tradition, the experts then scraped millions of hashtags on the social media platform, Instagram, to discover the top 10 most popular plants to bring you good luck this spring.

Top 10 PA Casino reveals that orchids are the most popular plant said to bring luck into your home with 5 million (5,248.462) Instagram hashtags. Not only will the flower bring beauty into your home, according to feng shui, but placing different colored orchids around your home will also bring you different elements of good fortune. For example, adding some pink orchids to your bedroom is said to encourage the perfect

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The second most popular ‘lucky’ plant is aloe vera, with 4,841,154 Instagram hashtags referencing the plant. Typically recognized for its antioxidant and antibacterial properties, it’s no wonder that these plants are said to remove any bad energy from your household. If you work from home, fung shui recommends keeping aloe vera within 3 feet of your computer as it will filter the electromagnetic energy and bring good vibes to your workplace.

With more than 2 million hashtags on Instagram (2,010,174), daffodils rank third amongst the most popular ‘lucky’ households plants. Being one of the first flowers to bloom after winter, they represent new beginnings and make the perfect addition to your home every spring. In feng shui, daffodils are also said to bring helping talents and abilities flourish, making them a great gift for someone starting a new job.

With a ranking in the fourth spot eucalyptus is ‘lucky’ in money and Money and positive energy with 1,972,069 hashtags on Instagram. Begonia is fifth

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‘bags’ a pitcher plant has, the more wealth and fortune it will bring into your home. For indoor growing, the purple pitcher plant, or Sarracenia purpurea, is most recommended.

Methodology

PACasino started the process by creating a seed list of 30 plants deemed lucky from articles such as Goodhousekeeping.com and Houseandgarden. co.uk. Then by utilising the number of Instagram hashtags each plant name accumulated, the plants were then ranked in descending order accordingly, where the plant with the highest number of hashtags was deemed the most popular. All data was collected on March 30 and is accurate as of then. For more information go to pacasino.com/. on April 6, 2023. The Human Resources Department is currently accepting applications for the position of a Development Services Technician I/II for an eligibility list to fill current and future positions in Engineering.