Under the Solano Sun

About 15 years ago on an already hot July morning my husband and I, while walking our dogs, noticed smoke rising from a dried grassy area behind a subdivision wall. We called the fire into Dispatch, and Vacaville Fire quickly extinguished it. It burned less than an acre of dead grass.

Orange trees dotted the landscape and flowerbeds hugged most houses in the small town where I grew up. The fragrance wafting through the air was sweet. A variety of butterflies (Lepidoptera) must have thought so too, because they were everywhere. Swallowtails. Monarchs. Painted Ladies.

I have been to Cornerstone in Sonoma not to long after Sunset moved their test gardens there. At that time not all the gardens were set up. So I decided it was time to revisit and see what gardens had been added and ones of Cornerstone I might have missed.

Recently I posted a blog on mulch. The mulch man cometh again. It looks like it might be a little less than 25 the first cubic yards. Generate an Internet search on Free Mulch and you'll find sites in your area. It's a good thing I got more mulch, (oh did I mention it's free?).

As we flip the calendar to March, you may begin to hear Master Gardeners talk about filling worm poop bags. What?'' you ask. Why? We have over 3,000 excellent reasons: the third graders in Solano County who visit the free, high-energy field trip called Ag Day.