Under the Solano Sun

Last summer, while visiting Maine, I was drawn to the ubiquitous Queen Anne's Lace (Daucas carota) wildflowers. Native to temperate areas of Europe and southwest Asia, Queen Anne's Lace now grows wild in California, and in most of the United States. It is prolific in Maine.

The UCCE Master Gardeners of Solano County will hold their Plant Exchange later this month. This is a free event. What is the plant exchange? Well, it was borne out of Master Gardeners (MGs) exchanging plants and plant parts they grew in their own gardens with each other.

Fall approaches Harvest the old plant the new Need weather change...

I am helping decorate for a 60th birthday party, we are talking western theme and flower arrangements. We are making them ourselves. I send a picture via text of my daylilies (Fig. 1), that I think would look good in the wine bottle centerpiece. This is the response I get: They're lethal to cats.

After returning from a lovely 10-day vacation in the greener Pacific Northwest, I went to check on the usually prolific Avant Garden share plot and was dismayed and disappointed to see our once-healthy, sturdy zucchini and squash plants covered with the evil powdery mildew! Leaves were paper thin an...