The local tree-trimmers are busy in town, and they have a chipper/shredder in action. I can take the pick-up truck into town and get a truckload...
John, I think it is an amaryllis, but I don't know how it's propagated. Since it grows from a bulb, I don't think leaf propagation will work....
That is forsythia, a shrub. Very hardy, easy to grow, but blossoms only once a year. You can take cuttings in very early spring when the shrub is...
We tilled our gardens and I tossed compost on them. The potatoes, lettuces, broccoli, peas, spinach and carrots are all planted, although we had...
I am fanatical about my knives. I have MY knives, a full set my husband gave me about 20 years ago (he is very confident of my love and regard to...
Toni, you have been recognized as having potential, with training, to be a member of the cat's staff! He-She would never admit it, but that is a...
Cal and Netty, cinnamon works great, too. It's just that I'm frugal (cheap) and the soda is less expensive than the cinnamon. The baking soda...
Roma tomatoes in this area are very, very prone to blossom end rot. I save egg shells, grind them up, and put about 1/2 cup in the planting hole...
Red! Something red! Dwarf Zinnias, red geraniums, whatever strikes your fancy as long as it is RED!
Spring is such a wonderful time, and also full of aches and pains after a few months off! Glad to see you back in the dirt, enjoying your gardens.
Welcome from Central Texas! You'll notice that most of us post where we are on our avatar so advice and suggestions are appropriate to your area.
What a rarity! Please keep us posted on its growth and bloom (which it will, being under your care.)
Toni is right--as soon as they have germinated take off the plastic dome. If you've never done this before, you haven't encountered the dreaded...
Donna, when we moved here there were two pallets of bricks in front of the barn. Slowly they have become edging for gardens, supports for pots,...
Welcome from Central Texas--a small farm about half-way between Temple and Waco. We are a fun and friendly group here, with some really great...
You have earned a bit of spring, Captain! Congratulations to you, and to the robins.
During a garden tour, one of our guests decided to pick off all the "worms" from our Passionflower vine. Fortunately one of the guides caught him...
Donna honey, if worms are faster than you, perhaps you ought to buy some roller skates! Aren't they lovely? I adore our worms and am very careful...
Enjoy your new toy! And, we like pictures of the inside of a lens cap, too . . . .
Hello and welcome from Central Texas! We all have days like that, and when we do we come to the Stew for support and sympathy. :setc_026:
