Under the Solano Sun

Have you ever had plants so long that you almost stop noticing them? It's especially easy to do if they are low maintenance plants. My Pony Tail Palm, Beaucarnea recurvata, has lived on my covered front porch for over 30 years.

UCCE Master Gardeners-Solano present our annual holiday Wreath Workshop. Saturday, December 2, 2023 from 1:00 to 4:00 pm. The location is the Community Methodist Church at 1875 Fairfield Avenue in Fairfield. There is a $50.

I have always written happy things for my newbie contibutions to this blog. Gardening for me has always been a happy activity. But not so lately. Today, I am actually writing about something that has become a big problem for us and our backyard.

In Solano County on August 30, 2023, an unusual celestial event occurred, a super blue moon. Did it look blue to you? Probably not unless you wore some blue tented glasses. But did it affect how your garden grows? In 2023, supermoons, or super moons, occur 4 times, including July 3, August 1.

Late this spring, my dad pointed out a line of small holes evenly spaced circumferentially on a large grapefruit branch in his backyard. The tree is very large, looks healthy and is a prolific producer of sweet white grapefruit. The branch also appears healthy with glossy green leaves.