Under the Solano Sun

Recently, a Los Angeles Times article suggested planting coast live oaks (Quercus agrifolia) as fire-resistant trees for landscaping after the Southern California wildfires.

Halfway around the world on the island of Okinawa, Japan, is the tropical version of Victoria, BC's glorious Butchart Gardens. It is called the Tropical Dream Center, a 6-hectare garden housing several greenhouses, countless exotic plants and fruit trees, and approximately 2,000 orchids.

Tis that time of year To look back and remember Projects done or not.

I recently discovered a plant buried underneath a shrub on my hillside. It survived these last three years in a small clay pot that was only half-filled with soil! The plant was not in very good shape, as you could well imagine.

I was cleaning the house recently and ran across a book on water. The title is Water in Plain Sight. I'm not sure how I acquired it maybe at the last Master Gardener Plant Exchange. But it came at a perfect time for me to read.