I take eggs into town once a week--you wouldn't believe how thrilled people are to get a dozen big brown eggs from our ladies! So far our ladies...
Barb, we certainly don't have the large flock you have, but I've started preventive measures, just in case the Avian Flu comes to Texas. I've...
Thank you all for your warm wishes, which helped make a good birthday great! My dear husband surprised me with a gourmet basket with wine,...
That photo will elicit a lot of "Ooohhhs" because the baby bird is so darned cute! Thank you for posting it, and congratulations for being the pic...
Eileen, I wouldn't even try to define "normal" for a chicken. They seem to go from strange to stranger, but I'm sure this hen will adapt well to...
Your goldfinches are lovely--great photos, too! We get them during migration, but only for a short while in spring and again in fall, and without...
Here is a link to a heart-warming story about a lady and her hen....
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...
