Under the Solano Sun

Blog article by Michelle DavisIn March of 2014, a very dear friend gave me a cutting of her huge jade plant, Crassula ovata, actually a 4 to 5-foot tree, that she had on her west-facing front porch. She had planted the cutting in a 12-inch ceramic pot with a good drainage hole and had used a bagged succulent…

Blog article by Brenda Altman and SnugsI have been trying to grow avocados for several years. I have started the seeds with toothpicks many times, often forgetting to water them or letting the water become gooey with scum. I have planted many seeds, but they all died. I had an avocado plant that I…

Blog article by Mike Gunther22 new MG graduates16 weeks and a final examVery smart UC class  Ready for serviceEach with their own talentsWish their journey well 

Blog article by Michelle SchlegelMelianthus major, or Honey Bush, is a South African native. It can take full sun or partial shade and will grow 8-12 feet tall. I grew it in full, hot sun for a few years, and it did very well. I eventually moved it to put in a cactus garden instead. It currently gets sun…

Blog article by Nanelle Jones-SullivanI recently got an email saying seed potatoes will ship mid-April. Potatoes are a cool-season crop, which for my microclimate ends, not begins, in mid-April.  I order mine in the fall and look for “early” varieties (and the long, thin finger-shaped…