Under the Solano Sun

The event has been postponed until the fall. It will be an outdoor event if the weather cooperates. Thank you for your support. Stay safe, stay well.

Whether you're a parent, a grandparent, a neighbor, friend or teacherthis book is for the kids in your life.

As winter sets in here my wife and I always look towards warmer environs. This time we are off to Cambodia, Viet Nam, and Myanmar, from where I hope to get the material for this round of blogs. We will be gone a month, so it will take some remembering and note-taking to keep everything in mind.

It has been a pleasure to grow tomatoes this year. After several years of drought, it was so nice to give them the water they needed and not just be in survival mode. And they did thrive.

Snap peas (Pisum sativum var. macrocarpon) are my favorite cool-season vegetables to grow. Snap peas produce edible pods with sweet, plump, edible peas inside. In fact, all parts of the pea plant are edible, even the shoots and tendrils.