Under the Solano Sun

This time of year the show-stopper in our Suisun City front yard is the spring-flowering perennial shrub Forsythia: bold, fragrance-free yellow blossoms crowd its branches before any leaves appear. Flowering branches can be cut and forced.

Steve's dad has had some problems with his foot that has slowed him down a bit. One day while I was with him, we were talking about what I should write for my next blog. He had been looking at mail that was piled up and showed me a couple of issues of the magazine pictured below.

There once was a groundhog named Phil, Whose forecasts gave folks quite a chill. After the cold winter blasts, Danger of frost finally passed.

You've heard of hydroponics and aquaponics, but have you heard of aeroponics? Unlike hydroponic systems where the plant roots are held in a soil-free medium such as sand or gravel in nutrient-rich water, in aeroponics the plant roots are left to dangle in the air in an enclosed environment.

In Spring of 2016, after multiple years of drought, my husband and I decided it was time for a change in our front yard. Because of the watering restrictions, the lawn was brown, weed infested and basically dead. We were ready to remove the lawn and replace it with drought tolerant plants.