About 10 years ago, I read (well, technically listened to) Barbara Kingsolver's book Animal, Vegetable, Miracle. She wrote about her family enduring one year of being hardcore locavores.
This is the follow-up to the cliff hanger of my previous blog! You may recall I wrote about Solano County's own Gold Rush. Now we'll see how the famous and sought-after Early Fruit of our county made it across the countryand what has happened to this thriving orchard industry today.
Narcissus are problematic in my Suisun City garden. Some naturalize well but others fizzle after a first season of bloom, producing only leaves until I find the time and energy to dig them out.
Since I pick up plants from here and there I am always being surprised. I found this particular plant in its small form, an Echium fastuosum, It is a very popular part of the city landscape in Benicia. Very easy to see in its blooming stages by the side of the road.
