Under the Solano Sun

Despite my vow to avoid purchasing any more clematis well, this year at leastI couldn't resist snapping up Clematis Little Lemons' when I saw it on sale. This charming super-dwarf clematis has yellow nodding blooms that turn into fluffy, silvery-gold, Dr.

Greetings from Borrego Springs. Seemed like we should get out of the Northern California heat, so we headed to the desert in southern CA. Borrego Springs is located between San Diego and the Salton Sea in a valley in the high desert. Contrary to its name, there are no springs.

As you move through the different phases of your life, you find yourself invited to many different occasions. When you're in your twenties, you find yourself invited to many weddings, and then after a few years baby showers.

Leafing through a national newspaper recently, I stumbled across a feature article on the latest must-have fad the massive Trophy Tree. This new garden fad is for nature lovers with unlimited purchase power because moving it takes a crew and big machinery. Flatbed trucks. 110-ton cranes.

My sister-in-law Sandy has always grown the best heirloom tomatoes ever. We would go to her house in San Jose and the plants would be 6 feet tall. No kidding! She had tons of them, they tasted so good. She recently moved to Washington State.