Under the Solano Sun

Recently I was able to attend a Zoom meeting by Western Hummingbird Partnership with experts from the US Forest Service, US Fish and Wildlife Service, University of Oregon, Wild Wings Backyard, and the Xerces Society.

To those of you who own cats, you are probably familiar with catnip Nepeta cataria, a common herb related to mint. Cats just go crazy over it. My cat is no exception, he rolls it, he rubs against it and he even eats it.

No April Showers Drought looms on the Horizon Still plants will FLOWER...

I love perennial vegetables. I have a few of them that I planted once and harvest from year after year - artichokes, asparagus, tree Kale Pentland Brig,' tree collards. I also have Swiss chard, pepper plants, and one eggplant that over-wintered or did not die in the winter.

Here I am again, with my tales of plant woes and the weeds which torment me! Only this time I come with a warning about a plant sold at the nurseries, big box stores, and helpful folk who feel that you cannot live any longer without a certain plant(s) that they must share with you! A good case in po...