Under the Solano Sun

This is a book about Community. This is a book about relationships. This is a book about the poetry of trees. This is a book about the hidden connections of all of us on our planet. And, this is a love song to the natural world and how and we all belong to it.

Over the years we have had a changing relationship with the neighborhood squirrels. Early on there were not many interactions. The housing development was new and there were not any mature trees nearby.

At last Saturday's plant sale at the UC Davis Arboretum, I bought a Tagetes lucida.

You've probably had a similar experience. You see an interesting plant in a mail-order catalog or nursery website you suddenly desire for your garden. You order it.

This question actually came up last year at the Vallejo Farmers' Market: Nice couple: We went to Hawaii a couple of weeks ago and bought this plant called an Aloha Lily and brought it home; can you tell us how to care for it? Me: It's a what?