Under the Solano Sun

I have quite a few potted plants, and right now I wish they were all in the ground. The heat and the UV are stressing them and me. This summer's weather has tested my methods of trying to keep potted plants alive in ways that no other summer seems to have accomplished.

Traveling is always an eye-opening experience; we learn so much and gather so many new and inspiring ideas. Our summer in British Columbia continues to be filled with such eye-opening surprises. We are staying in a lovely area of Surrey, BC called Ocean Park/Crescent Beach.

As you can see, my closed terrarium experiment was a success! For those who didn't happen to catch my first blog about this terrarium, my son and I decided to try to make one after seeing multiple social media posts about creating one. Here is the link to that blog. https://ucanr.

My daughter called me and asked me to come over to her house and check out this plant that had seemed to grow huge overnight.

Extreme heat is on Golden hills are ripe for fire So garden wisely...