Under the Solano Sun

Holidays Approaching Harvesting summer crops is done Received needed rain...

Aesculus californica The California Buckeye Tree As fall arrives and the rain starts falling, I start looking for the buckeye trees hoping to see the seed capsules starting to germinate. Their unique seed capsules have always intrigued me.

Twenty years ago, when I was a brand-new Master Gardener, I was sometimes intimidated by the veteran Master Gardeners. They seemed so knowledgeable and would bring in armloads of cuttings from their perennials and shrubs.

Every year, I buy at least one new lavender (Lavandula sp.) plant. Each year, I kill at least one. Many years ago, before I moved to this house, I took cuttings of rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis) and rooted them.

Everything about fall connects us to the passing of time in the most visceral way.