We purchased 12 chicks, supposedly two days old, from a very reputable poultry dealer a few miles from us. We brought them home and raised them...
I hope this doesn't offend, and I realize there are different tastes for different folks, but this house is so darned ugly and looks as if it had...
For years I have used Gold Medal unbleached flour for making French bread and a host of other breads. Due to their recent problem all the Gold...
Tomorrow is my dear husband's birthday. Who wouldn't love this guy? He is smart, witty, kind, generous, and has put up with me for many years. Did...
Today was the big day for the chicklets to become part of the big girl flock. It was something of an anti-climax--neither group seemed...
Several policemen have been killed and wounded in an attack in Baton Rouge. Having recently had the same happen in Dallas, I think all the Texas...
Eileen has posted that Scotland (actually all of Europe) has no hummingbirds, but she loves to see them, even if at an arboretum or zoo. Here is a...
I nipped into our local grocery, usually a sane and sanitary place, and was immediately accosted by a lady offering "free tastes" of a nacho dip....
As I mentioned before, I've never been able to grow day lilies. However, a friend gave me a start and it's doing extremely well. But, having no...
This is one of the few dragonflies that isn't particularly shy. If you disturb it while setting up a tripod for the camera, or just dead-heading...
Some new members may not have met Kevin the coconut. He's a very traditional guy and celebrates holidays in a big way. Here he is, wishing you all...
This popped up in our zinnia bed. I searched my Texas wildflower book and came up with nothing. The flowers are vaguely like Foxglove, but the...
When we moved here we had a huge white crepe myrtle in the corner of the barn lot that was basically an overgrown shrub. After two years of heavy...
I was talking to a neighbor today, and she asked how long I could manage to survive on the pantry/freezer/fridge food before I had to go to the...
While mowing yesterday I saw this BIG bug sitting on the rim of a pot. It was about 1 1/4" long and wasn't moving. My husband took a few photos,...
We have a shrub rose in the front flowerbed that is almost constantly in bloom. We brought this rose as a cutting from a previous garden, and it...
[ATTACH] We moved our chicks into the playpen in the new coop. They have water, food, a heat lamp at night, and more room to move around. I find...
Our chicks are of an age where they can go outside for a couple of hours at a time, and they are enjoying their adventure! We leave them in the...
I bought a packet of "mixed summer squash" and this is one of them. I can't find it in any of my catalogs, and I've never seen a white scallop...
I have never been able to grow daylilies for some reason. But, two years ago a fellow gardener gave me some bulbs (rhizomes, the things day lilies...
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