If you boil a funny bone, it becomes a laughing stock. That's humerus.
Lillium, snakes are great for reducing the varmint population. We leave snakes alone (except for the occasional photo) and let them do their...
Mart, we lived in upstate New York at the time, and I was the only one with a tan in February. Does that count? Lillium, yes we did get Cuban...
We were on a cruise years ago, and stopped in Venezuela. A couple of young men had a sloth, which for a quarter, I could hold, and for fifty cents...
[ATTACH] Thursday night and Friday we received 1 3/8" of rain, and here on Saturday morning we have Prairie rain lilies popping up all over the...
We have no squirrels here on the farm. There are lots of them in town, but none here. There is a pecan grove down by Sandy Creek, and they stay...
[ATTACH] Sorry about the computer boo-boo. I was posting a picture of the Texas night snake, and somehow messed up. Anyway, this is a...
Our little wildflower, ruella, which pops up in mid-summer, attracts different wildlife. Hummingbirds like it: [ATTACH] as do butterflies:...
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While taking Master Naturalist training, we had a class on butterflies and were given an identification guide beforehand. Some of the others had...
Rain, rain, glorious rain! We got 1" overnight, and now have 1,000 gallons of rainwater in the cubes and barrels. No hauling buckets today! The...
You have to take a car because walking engenders too much Co2, if you have overindulged in snacks.
Here Red Oak is a desired tree, Bradford Pear not so much, Magnolia gets really big. We take out every hackberry start that we find. Nasty trees...
It's Tuesday, and the wildlife continues to take over. My husband went out to water the apple trees and saw a young armadillo! How do you tell a...
When an old, frayed, and torn tee shirt is not a cleaning rag. It's cut into strips and becomes ties for vines!
Welcome to Garden Stew! I think you will have the best luck finding dried flowers at a florist shop. Here in the USA we have craft shops like...
Sjoerd, no need to sign into a looney bin--just come to Texas! We can sit on the patio and roast, talk gardening while looking at the cooked...
Dirt Mechanic, I used chicken and sausage. If I ever get my hands on a duck, I'll make a confit with it. Frozen or dressed out duck is pretty...
When I was a child I'd wait with bated breath for the Wards and the Sears Christmas catalogs to arrive. Now that I've discovered gardening, I wait...
Saturday has been a banner day for wildlife here! First thing, while I was pouring coffee, we saw a young deer in the pasture. I was all for going...
