Need a bit of grooming? Perhaps a nice massage? Well, Timi will give it to his brother. Here is Timi taking care of Buddy, free of charge! With a...
Mid century modern? Only if you are talking mid-19th century. We have mostly antique furniture, and pieces we couldn't afford, my husband made....
Sjoerd, they will last a week at most, but like most bulb flowers, they reappear when the conditions are right. The next penetrating rain, and...
We usually have rain lilies in the early spring, but this year, with all the rain, we have them in July. Please forgive the long grass--we can't...
Sjoerd, when we heard of and saw the flooding in Germany and Belgium, it was saddening. But, when we heard there was flooding in the Netherlands,...
Mart, I have had good luck distributing vegetables. I take them to the local food pantry--there is a 95 year old lady that just loves squash and...
I was out picking vegetables this morning, and thought "we have enough squash. Perhaps I should just pull the plants up." Then the same thing with...
Thank you all for your good wishes. I think I played the "sympathy game" to the hilt with my husband! Bless him, he took care of everything, and...
This morning I harvested herbs, and my husband kept his distance. He didn't want to see how it is done, nor learn to harvest herbs! The basil is...
Sjoerd, my husband is out trying to get some plastique. Watch out, gophers!
Love those mugs! What a thoughtful and colorful gift in return for your garden care. I must say the Dutch have a way with words. I didn't know...
Mart, your ? apple may well be a Yellow Delicious. Ours is full of apples, and we had them last year so we know that it is truly a Yellow...
Our apple trees and two of the pear trees are loaded also. I thinned one apple tree because I was afraid of broken branches. Mart, what varieties...
As Mart so emphatically suggested, we have gophers! Texas Parks and Wildlife guy took one look, said "gophers" and wanted to know what was for...
No rain today so I picked the usual suspects--squash, cucumbers, and tomatoes. Cut a cantaloupe in half and de-seeded it, and then stemmed and...
Odif, I contacted the Texas Soil Commission and the substrate for blackland prairie soil is sand. The man I spoke to said he had no idea what was...
Good Monday afternoon! We received 1.9" of rain this morning and early afternoon, but things are beginning to dry out now. A lady who moved here...
Good Sunday afternoon everyone! Wimbledon is over, finally. Watching tennis is about as interesting as watching paint dry. I froze a gallon bag of...
Odif, we don't think it is a trick--folks around here aren't that inventive! Jerry, we raked off the soil--no hole under the mound. The grass...
For the past week, we have been finding two or three of these mounds in our yard. We are on blackland prairie soil, aka "gumbo," but the mounds...
