I have decided once again to emulate my daughter Alexis and try having a blog.  The title, Vince In The Dirt, refers to my gardening experiments...successful and failed. At the very least it will provide me with a garden diary; unless it goes the way of conga drums and piano lessons and gets abandoned.  All of my gardening takes place in Toluca Lake, CA and Carmel Valley, CA.  Toluca Lake plantings are consistently roses, wildflowers and occasionally fava beans, tomatoes, blueberries and currently radishes.  In Carmel Valley I try to keep with native perennials, wildflowers and a large vegetable patch.