Under the Solano Sun

My husband and teen son just returned from a tour of Italy and Greece on a school trip with teachers and classmates.

A few years ago, I purchased a one-gallon plant from the Solano College plant sale. The label said Dorycinum hirsutum. I quickly planted it in my bare backyard and waited for it to grow. It's a slow growing plant and took several years to really show it's beauty and to reseed.

There is only about a month and a half to stop by the Master Gardener's information table at Home Depot in Fairfield, before Oct 1st, which will be our last time for this year. We hope to be back again April 2019, but you still can contact us if you have any gardening questions.

Recently, I played a practical joke on one of my friends and gifted him a basket of cape gooseberries (the same green plastic baskets that hold cherry tomatoes and strawberries that consumers see at farmer's markets and supermarkets).

You're Your Best Garden Tool As the days warm and beckon us outside, we start to think of all those gardening chores we've put off since last year.