My potted tropical hibiscus is happy and blooming! And it's October!! [img] [img]
caller Well, truth be told, I wondered if this was in reality my daughter's first "gentleman caller", but they are only 5 years old (my daughter...
My daughter had a play date today with a boy from her old pre-school. They both like bugs and were treated to a visit by this large moth feeding...
Monarchs I am hopeful, that we'll see a lot more of these boogers. When we went out to feed the dogs, there were about 30 of them flying around....
The Monarch butterflies are migrating through West Texas. We found several dozen fluttering & roosting in our backyard this evening. My...
Europe I doubt any European countries have any laws restricting cotton plants/seeds from coming in, considering that cotton won't grow there in...
boll weevil I do not think that the boll weevil eradication program had anything to do with altering the plants, or doing anything to the seeds....
seed I might be able to get my hands on some cotton seed straight out of the fields, but I'll have to check first. If I get it right from the...
Found this butterfly on the butterfly bush today: [img] [img] I found this Rudbeckia blooming in the sun, then on another, found this...
color In West Texas, we don't get much Fall color - some leaves turn yellow, a few turn red, but mostly, they stay green until we get a sudden...
150-180 hot days I suspect that you could grow cotton in cooler climates by starting it indoors & using a sun lamp. Not too easy on the electric...
cotton I drove an old Farm-All 20 years ago - no cab, just sitting out in the sun. My best friend's family farmed cotton & he taught me to drive...
saguaros I love saguaro cacti - used to see them for sale in El Paso, where I grew up, but we never bought one - we knew they wouldn't survive in...
My wife's family has a cotton farm. Years ago, after growing cotton ornamentally and also having hibiscus in the yard, it dawned on me - these...
This honker was in the front of our friends' house in suburban North Dallas. I think we called this a "writing spider" when I was growing up. [img]
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