Under the Solano Sun

golden yellow sunflower highlighted in a field of sunflowers against the blue sky

Seasonal observations by UC Master Gardeners of Solano County

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Sympathy Flowers

October 12, 2021
As you move through the different phases of your life, you find yourself invited to many different occasions. When you're in your twenties, you find yourself invited to many weddings, and then after a few years baby showers.
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photos by Launa Herrmann
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Garden Fads

October 8, 2021
Leafing through a national newspaper recently, I stumbled across a feature article on the latest must-have fad the massive Trophy Tree. This new garden fad is for nature lovers with unlimited purchase power because moving it takes a crew and big machinery. Flatbed trucks. 110-ton cranes.
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photos by Nancy Forest
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From Seeds to Table

October 6, 2021
My sister-in-law Sandy has always grown the best heirloom tomatoes ever. We would go to her house in San Jose and the plants would be 6 feet tall. No kidding! She had tons of them, they tasted so good. She recently moved to Washington State.
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Anstenoptilia marmarodactyla Plume Moth
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Bloom for Plumes

October 5, 2021
Ahh the Plume Moth. How often do people walk by this little moth and wondered what it is or not see it at all? This moth has a distinctive T shaped body. They have long legs and usually with spines at their joints. Their unusual modified wings are interesting, and look like the wings of an airplane.
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