Under the Solano Sun

While walking with my dog, Bowie, this summer, during a particularly hot spell, we noticed that the street trees had thrown off an enormous quantity of bark. The bark was scattered all over the sidewalk, the street, the planting median, and front lawns.

In February of 2021, with visions of many bountiful seasons to come, I acquired a truckload of overstockbareroot fruit trees from Dave Wilson Nursery. All told, I ended up with 11 varieties of stone fruit along with some figs and pomegranates for good measure.

My September 15, 2023 blog post Mystery Plant Quiz: What Is It?! showed photos of a mystery plant that I discovered sharing a pot with one of our fuchsias. The new plant was so unfamiliar to me that the post became a Mystery Plant Quiz.

CHARACTER Tall, wooded, long-stemmed Like a living Goliath Dwarfs anything near it. ROOTS Roots grow down and deep They appear on side stems, too Bury these for anchor.

When I was a kid growing up in the 1950's in Michigan, Fall was one of the happiest times of the year. With all the deciduous Maples, Oaks and Elms raining down those brilliant orange, red and yellow leaveswe felt like golden coins were cascading down on us.