Donna, Crossvine (Anisostichus caprelolata) grows well to zone 6, so I think you can have it. It needs full to part sun, and pests just don't...
Our Cross Vine has recovered from the drought year before last, and is doing well this year.[ATTACH] It is slowly covering an unattractive wire...
Toni, when life gives you lemons, or in this case construction, you sure know how to make lemonade out of an irritant! "Monarch" by...
Hank, I think that you live by #27, and I'm still trying. I'm printing this out and I'll have to hand when I feel I need it (daily, possibly hourly).
Ace and Gypsy are easily grown bell pepper types, although they are more pointed than blocky like the grocery ones. I no longer grow hot peppers...
Syd, yes, we tell the bees. A neighbor passed away suddenly, and as soon as we were told I went out and told the bees. When my husband's mother...
Cheryl, killdeer are ground nesters, so get used to having nests in your flower beds! I hilled up the potatoes and planted the last of the...
Such regal birds! Thank you for the great photo. We had an osprey, just once, come into the ashe juniper outside our kitchen window and perch for...
I put the last of the tomato starts into the garden and then hilled the potatoes. I'm not sure if hilling is really necessary, but it makes me...
Welcome from central Texas! I hope I can be of some help with your gardening.
What a handsome couple! I'm so glad you are enjoying England (although I hope you stayed off that huge Ferris wheel--it looks dangerous to me!)....
Syd, amazing photo (as usual)! We have the occasional honeybee mistake our home for the hives in the barn lot, and I use the same method of moving...
Welcome from central Texas! We grow "almost" all year 'round--July and August are down times for us because of the heat. What do you grow? I'd...
Magnificent! Donna also has a Magnolia Stellata in Virginia. It's such a lovely shrub I may have to see if I can get one and put it in our garden....
There ought to be a test for those who put up signs seen by the public. Here in Texas we have "Merry Chirstmas" signs (this at an elementary...
Kildale, only you could get pictures of birds taking pictures! You have to be the best!!!!
Nice rain gauge but kinda big, so you'd have to blow the dust out of it more often . . . .
Ronni, according to my Botanica, Star Magnolia lives in zones 5 through 9. There are also pink cultivars of it, so if you want white, make sure it...
I spent every day last week getting the vegetable gardens planted. My dear husband gave the two big gardens and the seasonal garden a quick till,...
Kildale, thank you for the idea--it had never occurred to me. I'll get a branch and put it close to a feeder and see what photos we can get.
