What welcome news! Your whole family must be so happy for you, as are we here on the Stew!
Eileen, have fun on your vacation, and rest assured that all of us here on the Stew will be on our best behavior while you are gone:smt077. We...
Happy Birthday! Any day that includes horseback riding and pizza is a good day!
Ronni, that pear tree is only going to grow, and getting it out later will be a lot harder than getting it out now. Has your daughter and...
Donna, be prepared to be inundated with buyers next week--folks will see what others got from you and want more, more, more! Rest up and enjoy...
Hey, watch out for those Tejas onions--they can get as big as basketballs;)! Our garden is behind because we had so much rain. Yes, I know, I...
Netty, my condolences on the loss of your friend. I had a 96 year old friend in New York who passed about two years ago, and I'm just now getting...
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...