Under the Solano Sun

It finally happened! The back yard has drip irrigation, complete with a timer controller. I am still working on tweaking the system, but I can see the difference already: evidence of a regular and evenly-watered garden. The bay laurel (Laurus nobilis) that I repotted a few weeks ago has grown fast.

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Last time, I wrote about the different flowers starting to bloom in the front yard. I think it has now reached its peak of blooms. As I was driving home to park my car in the garage. I paused to take this view from my car window.

Lawns are lovely to look at, but you really need one? Reading an article in Reader's Digest, the March-April 2023 issue, I found myself wondering about all the transplants from the Mid-West who find that the perfect lawn in California is hard to come by.

What's the buzz? It's the Ceanothus Caf smorgasbord! Bees around my house were happy to see the Ceanothus Caf open this spring with quite an abundance of yummy blue lilac flowers. Ceanothus are colorful evergreen California native shrubs. They are drought hardy and can grow almost anywhere.