Under the Solano Sun

I look forward to the Home Seller insert in the Friday paper every week. This article caught me by surprise for two reasons. 1. I had just seen a news clip on the TV news the evening before. A bee expert from UC Davis was being interviewed about the very study cited here.

While walking along a local neighborhood landscaped area, I caught a glimpse of an interesting tree regrowth phenomenon. A tree had been recently cut and new trees were regrowing around and in the stump. There were two new growths growing directly on the stump.

It's that time of year again when most of the flowering plants in our gardens no longer bloom. However, I feel blessed to count on those that make a showing sometime between fall and winter. The Camellia sasanqua is one of the faithful.

Besides poinsettias, during the holidays I like decorating my home with living Christmas trees. Unfortunately the past couple of years the big chain retailer I regularly shop at only carried large living Christmas trees, which I ended up buying and decorating as my annual Christmas tree.

I just finished the last of my wrapping for out-of-state packages. Hopefully, I can make my wreath today after I finish the rough draft of this blog. I really miss being able to volunteer in the annual Master Gardener Wreath Workshop.