Under the Solano Sun

August heat is on A new school year begins also Garden weather smart  

farmers markets now Offering everything fresh MG ‘s educate here 

One morning last week, I woke up feeling out of sorts.  I had slept poorly.  I was tired and stiff and grumpy.  And this was the day I had been looking forward to.  The plan had been to visit one of my favorite local nurseries, armed with two gift certificates that had been sitting in my…

It’s been six years since we removed a huge pool from our backyard. We have laid miles of buried electrical and irrigation conduits; dug hundreds of feet of main water line and underground drainage piping; pulled dozens of yards of electrical wire; poured 360 square feet of concrete; set a literal ton of…

I wrote about worm farming recently in preparation for a presentation at the library. What I didn’t mention was that I had also restarted my own worm farm.  Over the years, I’ve repeatedly tried to start a new one, then as soon as the very hot temperature days come, the bins dry out, and most of…