The Resourceful Reyes Family

I visited with former student Hector Reyes and his family the other day. Hector runs a general construction business; his wife Angela is a first grade bi-lingual teacher at Dillman Elementary. They have four adult children and three younger ones at home. They also...

Cactus or Succulent?

When I shared my Dudleya pulverulenta on March 6th this year, a few readers asked if it was an agave. No, it is a succulent native to Southern California. Both are succulent plants, and agaves are sometimes mislabeled as cactus, so the fact that there was some...