Dooley, that sounds like such a fun trip, and to get cherries to boot--great! The Swiss often have goats on top of structures during the summer....
One of us is a stuffed toy dog. Guess which one.
I have a four-tine cultivator that I use a LOT! Texas has every weed known to mankind, and most are living happily in my flower and vegetable...
Love your caption, Eileen! Congratulations:smt109!
Everyone here on the Stew has been following the amazing progress you've made on your new home. It is lovely, will only improve over time, and...
Toni, don't bite your tongue--just tell her whatever isn't in boxes, suitcases, etc. will go into large garbage bags that she can take with her or...
Yes, the San Antonio Botanical Gardens http://www.sabot.org/. The gardens have areas representing each ecological area of Texas, as well as a...
Well, I'm down to two plants now. :( A friend stopped by and raptured over the gomphrena--"my mother used to grow that; I haven't seen it in...
Two of the containers in the front flower bed had spring flowers which have passed on to the big garden in the sky. When we were at a big box...
I can't afford Botox for my saggy jaws, so . . . .
Potassium deficiency, by the time it shows up, is pretty hard to correct. A high potassium fertilizer applied according to package directions may...
Eileen, thank you! I have a friend with diabetes, type 2, and I am totally confused as to what I can offer her from my kitchen and garden. That...
Good picture, great caption--I dearly love these caption competitions! Thanks for another good caption, 2of us:smt002!
It would seem that birds sense a "kindred" spirit--someone kind, non-threatening, and possibly with food! You give us amazing photos, and now your...
Ah, Sjoerd, she can ask, but will not receive! I did have rosemary starts, and each one found a good home. I also have an abundance of salvia...
Sjoerd, thank you for the kind words. We extracted and bottled two weeks ago, and are almost sold out of honey. We won't be extracting again until...
Happy Birthday, Frank! Hope your special day is exactly as you want.
Hank, both coops are dug down 18" and lined with chicken wire, with bricks on top of the wire. The inside coop also has a metal pipe that is about...
As I was going out this morning to feed the hens and let them into their outside coop, I saw our bobcat! We hadn't seen the bobcat yet this year,...
