Under the Solano Sun

As I've noted in a previous blog, the sign of a good garden tool is when my husband steals it from me repeatedly. The fact that he then bought a second one of the same tool, so that he could have both right- and left-handed versions is even more telling.

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.