Under the Solano Sun

Lupine or lupin from the Latin word lupus meaning wolf, although I can't see anything wolf-fish about this stunning beauty. Previously, I wrote about nitrogen-fixing plants. Plants that take nitrogen from the air and fix it to be available for plants as fertilizer.

I just returned from a several week trip to Borneo, which is located in the South China Sea, in Southeast Asia near the Phillipines. So you know it is far away. It is very hot and wet and humid, so as you can imagine if you stand in one place for a while you are bound to throw down roots.

It all started out a few months ago when one of my fellow UC Master Gardeners Tina P said let's do a succulent event for the public. I said hmm ok let's do it! Now, here we are a few months later, after months of planning, when we will hold a "Succulent Extravaganza for the public.

Now that spring is here, the garden centers are adverting, potting soil, garden soil, and other bagged soils on sale. But be aware that not all packaged soils are the same.

April 22 is Earth Day. I started wondering how the event got started and found my answers online at the Library of Congress.