Under the Solano Sun

Companion planting is a well known practice to many gardeners. Companion planting is defined as planting two or more plants in proximity to each other so as each plant benefits from the presence of the other. By providing positives such as, support, shade, protection from each others pests, etc.

Several weeks ago, I traveled to Santa Rosa to visit and explore the Luther Burbank Home and Gardens. a registered National State and City Historic Landmark. It is also an ASHS (American Society for Horticultural Science) Landmark. Luther Burbank was an important figure in Horticultural Science.

When is the best time to start tomatoes from seed? This has been an ongoing debate I've had with other gardeners. Debates like this are pretty common, and because so many of them come down to preferences alone there's often no right or wrong about them.

This is the season for many plants such as aeoniums to send out flowers. This can make gardeners be quite sad. Why, you may ask? According toWikipedia, Monocarpic plants are those that flower and set seeds only once, and then die.

Have you noticed that there are recently a lot of large flies all over the place that look like over-sized mosquitos? I have seen these creatures before but never in such large quantities this early in the season.