Under the Solano Sun

Several ideas passed by me on the way to this blog: comments about the weather lately; comments on a blog that I read on the Garden Professors an excellent blog written by various experts in horticulture; or, just complaining about the wind here in Suisun City and my about-to-bloom peony.

I know as gardeners we sometimes make great discoveries by accident, that solves long standing problems. My discovery came when a large rosemary bush growing in my yard died because of the freezing days this past winter. I cut it down but stopped short of throwing it in the green waste bin.

For the past four years I've grown almost every kind of vegetable I thought I'd like to eat, multiple varieties of each. Somehow this rampant experimentation has not extended to flowers.

Companion planting is a well known practice to many gardeners. Companion planting is defined as planting two or more plants in proximity to each other so as each plant benefits from the presence of the other. By providing positives such as, support, shade, protection from each others pests, etc.

Several weeks ago, I traveled to Santa Rosa to visit and explore the Luther Burbank Home and Gardens. a registered National State and City Historic Landmark. It is also an ASHS (American Society for Horticultural Science) Landmark. Luther Burbank was an important figure in Horticultural Science.