Under the Solano Sun

Sedges have edges Rushes are round, Grasses have nodes all the way to the ground.-author unknown. A little over a year ago we had our front yard re-landscaped and were given the plan.

A friend is redesigning her tiny front garden. The large front yard tree, planted by the builder, had to be removed, its roots having infiltrated the home's water main. She is left with a totally exposed tiny front garden with a small patch of grass that has to remain.

My worm bin has been a source of fun for the past three years. The worm compost allows me to use up food scraps and the dark compost goes right back into the garden--kind of a table to farm to table cycle. Mid-summer I used some of the worm compost in a half-barrel planter.

While celebrating Thanksgiving this year, I began thinking about our early American ancestors and how most would have had to have at least a simple kitchen garden to sustain themselves and their families.

We love to eat Acca sellowiana formerly Feijoa sellowiana aka pineapple guava. But growing it has been hit and miss, because in each case, we did not plant it in the correct spot.