After 42 years away we moved back to Texas and I was finally able to get to know my grown nieces and nephews. Not long after we settled in I...
The house we have now is just not plant friendly. I had it in the kitchen and it was happy there but it our-grew the space so I moved it into the...
Our town has a population of around 3,000 and is 60 miles from a larger shopping area. We do have an Alco store but it is closing Jan.10th. It is...
A friend just gave me 5 butternut squash and I have never tasted it and I don't know how to cook it. I would love to have some suggestions or...
The last 2 years we have raised fantastic onions. They are nice and large, store in our basement until late April and taste great...cooked!...
I was shocked when I saw this article. How sad. :'( I have always disliked the thorny plant but have used it in dried floral arrangements and I...
When we bought this house there was several trees we had to have removed, only 3 were cut at ground level, 2 were cut off at 3 foot high and the...
Mine is when I was about 6. We were visiting family and the cousins were really hurrying to get to a special house. We ran to a very small kind of...
Our DGS just bought his first house. As his house warming gift we are giving him his Great-grandfathers bedroom set plus a new mattress and box...
Sjoerd was asking for pictures of our vegetable garden since DH prepared it for its winter rest. He added 3 inches of mulched leaves and 3 inches...
Lighting, and of course, the thunder woke me up first. Then the hail started and woke me up...3 separate times. It was stopping and starting. Most...
Or colorful foliage plants. I posted a picture of the new dianthus but another long blooming plant I added this spring is a Helenium 'Double...
Kahori diantus was a spur of the moment order this spring and I'm sure glad I ordered it. They were very small starts and I just kind of stuck...
I ordered daffodils to plant in the shrub border for some spring color, also some specie tulips that are suppose to grow in deep shade, and two...
My sister gave me two mosaic pieces that were suppose to hang on a fence. I decided, with DH help, to make them into patio tables. One base is a...
Keep in mind that we can get snow any time now but I don't think the ground will freeze for at least a month. What I'd like to do is get some...
I think! I have a habit of overplanting plus bought some new, to me, plants last year that were taking over my small garden. Anyway, I got rid of...
Normally we get all the crab apples we need from friends but this year the worms got them first. We'll have to buy some tart apples. DH loves...
I Have been transplanting and thinning a few of my plants, Siberian iris, small sedum, iris, and creeping phlox. I called my gardening neighbor...
I have been looking on line trying to find a well behaved fall flowering plant. I have purple and pink dome asters but they are turning into...
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