Under the Solano Sun

I recently wrote an article about a Viceroy butterfly visiting our garden. When I first spotted that beauty on our Butterfly Bush Buddleja, I originally thought it was a Monarch butterfly. After doing some research, I discovered that it was the look-alike Viceroy.

As the year deepens into fall and my cut flowers and vegetables die back, I appreciate the colorful red, white, and yellow flags of the Ipomoea lobota (formerly Mina lobota), the exotic love vine. Wait . . .

Thankful for our trees Trees leaf, flower, fruit and breathe Need only sun, water and soil...

I was talking to my son the other day, and he was considering planting potatoes in his greenhouse, and wanted to know what I knew about doing this. "Precious little" is really not the best answer, but it was the truth. So, I looked it up and thought that I would share what I found.

While walking with my dog, Bowie, this summer, during a particularly hot spell, we noticed that the street trees had thrown off an enormous quantity of bark. The bark was scattered all over the sidewalk, the street, the planting median, and front lawns.