Found this growing wild at the family home in a tub where my brother was trying to grow tomatoes. It has small blue/purple flowers (about the size...
We were out of town for the weekend. When I returned home on Monday I found that someone had chopped off a bunch of my Sweet Potato Vine. This is...
I'm thinking about adding some fish to my water container pond. It's 2 foot tall and about 1.5 feet wide. I have water lilies, Parrot Feather,...
I have this fish bowl I keep at my office. Been having Bettas in it. The latest one just died and I'm tired of replacing them. I was thinking I...
I was looking online for ideas to make a fountain using an old water well pump and came across this site....
My Ipomoea batatas 'Blackie' (Ornamental Sweet Potato Vine) had two blooms on it this morning. I didn't even know they bloomed! Actually, I don't...
I was just sitting back and taking in all the different colored flowers I have. These are the one's that really "jump out" at you. [img]...
I attended the local church's big fall Bazaar on Sunday. They had a multitude of plants/flowers available in the Silent Auction. I spotted one I...
The White Butterfly Gingers are starting to bloom... and with this one, I can really tell how it got it's name! [img] White Butterfly Ginger...
This little guy was just having himself a ball hiding and watching me tend to the other plants. [img] toad in wandering phlox ( photo /...
I had ordered some water lilies to go into one of my small container water gardens. Found out that "miniature" lilies are still pretty good size....
I was just bragging on how healthy my new water lilies were, only to check on them yesterday to discover there's a problem. Almost all of the pads...
I have 3 little container water gardens. The only flowering plants that I have are the Louisiana Black Iris (which only flower in the springtime)....
My brother cut down several Tallow trees earlier this year and had the stumps ground up. He kept a big pile of it thinking I could use it as...
The Rooster Comb reseeded itself almost too well this year! I've been giving them away for months. [img] Rooster Comb ( photo / image /...
I am NOT a fan of spiders. Yes... they have their purpose in life... but they're better off just keeping their distance from me (or vice versa)....
Just a few new things flowering around the family home. Have several Moss Rose, Portulacas lining the flower bed. [img] ( photo / image /...
I finally got a photo of one of the 5 woodpeckers that frequent the feeder. (Just wish my camera had a better zoom.) [img] ( photo / image /...
The orange Canna that I got from one of my aunts this spring is really doing well. My brother asked me, "What are you giving these plants?" My...
Had the family BBQ over the weekend. Everyone loved all the flowers I've planted at the house. Big topic of conversation was the Texas Star...
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