Under the Solano Sun

I've long had Lotusland on my botanical garden must visit list and I finally made it there this spring. Lotusland is located in Montecito, near Santa Barbara.

A year or so ago, I began growing potatoes in a special fabric container. I've enjoyed using my potato bags. It's easy to move them to get more sunlight or more water from the sprinklers. It's also easier to harvest the crop.

My favorite style of gardens have to be cottage gardens. I see them as very colorful, various heights and an almost flowy or airy feel to them. In 2020, while we were under covid lock down, I was not able to get over to Annie's Annuals to get my usual springtime plants.

Early in May 2023 I had the opportunity of a lifetime. I visited Amsterdam while The Keukenhof Tulip Garden was open. The garden, open only 2 months in the spring, features more than 7 million bulbs planted the fall before.

For those of you that don't know me, I'm a pilot with a major airline and on a Thursday, January 18th, 2018 I was on a layover on the Big Island of Hawaii in Kona.