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Sacramento, City of Mud Puddles

Anybody know any sun dances? 21.51 inches: Season’s rainfall to date in Sacramento (As of 4 p.m. Friday)120% of normal17.92 inches: Average seasonal rainfall to date20: Record number of rainy days for March19: Previous record for March: 1904, 1907, 19895.74:...

More Rainy Day Gardening

It’s still raining. In a recent Sacramento Bee story, National Weather Service forecaster George Cline called March “… a funny month” and said about the continuing storms, “We’re already at 117 percent of normal… We can stop...

Best Pesto Basil?

In the past, I’ve been pretty casual about buying basil plants for my garden. Basil is basil, right? You go to the nursery, buy some basil (Ocimum basilicum) and plant it. Well, if you’re like me and you’re mainly growing it to make your own pesto,...

Aphids

(Dad aphid) “Honey, what do you think the kids would like for dinner?” (Mom aphid) “How about Angela’s pink tulips?” (Kid aphids) “Yay, yay, yay,...