We participated in an "Endangered Species" day at the Waco zoo yesterday. Our booth's topic was honeybees and how to encourage them, and also...
Coppice, perhaps your incantation for eye-of-newt is wrong. :smt074
Just to muddy the waters, there are also semi-indeterminate tomatoes! Our Celebrities are that--we get a strong early summer crop mostly all at...
When I read your header, I thought you were placing bird baths in light shade! I like this interpretation better--lovely bird baths. Lucky birds!
Donna, ice plant is a tough little plant that here in Texas we use as a ground cover. It will survive winters here, but only if the temps are at...
Tina, there is a condition called "transplant shock" that most plants undergo when moved from a small pot to a larger one, or to the ground. It...
Sjoerd, yes, the Coosas do taste creamy-perfect description of their delicate taste. I'm glad to hear they are prolific, since I can take all the...
At 8 a.m. I'm listening to NPR. Later I'll listen to Science Friday. In between, we are having an information booth at the Endangered Species day...
Carolyn, the striped ones are the Striata, and the green ovals are Coosa, both summer squashes. Striata tastes different from regular zucchini,...
Those are large tomatoes, and it looks as if they are beginning to ripen! Envy, envy, envy . . . . Our tomatoes are setting fruit, and we have...
I picked three zucchini, three coosa, and three Striata d'Italia squash this morning. Even though the garden was muddy I knew that if I didn't get...
Malibu is just beautiful, Mrs. G! I have the feeling that most of us Stewies nurture plants AND animals. At least, we all seem to have something...
Toni, glad to hear you got beneficial rain but no damage. I feel for the folks in Granbury--a subdivision in south Granbury was hit hard. They are...
Coppice, may I suggest that you put flames coming out of the skulls' mouths? My daddy used to have cider vinegar with little red peppers in it,...
Great garden! You certainly will have plenty of berries with those blackberry and the blueberry plants. Your rose may be "Perfect Moment". I'm...
Cheryl, your roadsides are obviously better than our roadsides! I ditto Eileen's remark, and I'm green with envy. Those are very good looking...
Leave them as long as there is no sign of disease. If they are truly crushed (mashed beyond recognition and wet and gooey) you may get a fungus...
Yes! Lovely, living proof that everything is bigger in Texas! What a lovely flower, and what a nice association with a fellow Stewbie with a...
Ohhhh, I love baby elephants--so cute, so enthused about life! We were privileged to meet Tambo, a full-grown elephant at the Waco zoo, and found...
Will do! The things one is introduce to here on the Stew is amazing, not to mention entertaining!
