Welcome to the Stew from central Texas! You will find many kindred spirits here.
Oh Donna, that was a lot to have to contend with all at once. Take Angel's example and curl up and relax.
Love your captions, Captain! I am officially nominating you as "Stew's Resident Humorist."
Ronni, it sounds as if you have a Callery Pear--blooms profusely and lovely in the spring, no fruit or very tiny inedible pears, and gets 30 to...
Ronni, OF COURSE we wish Paige all the best. It's her decision, her baby. There are a multitude of multi-national honorary aunts and uncles here...
A comment on that last picture--Ahhhhhh, how sweet!
Jerry, time to set up a lemonade stand, ticket booth, and get ready for the tour buses! Your garden with all those gorgeous lilies is going to be...
Tigers in the garden are wonderful! Your flowers definitely attract the right kind of "tigers".
About shrubs vs. trees-- Shrub: A woody plant smaller than a tree, with several main stems arising at or near the ground. Tree: A woody...
Right now both my hands are in the air! We haven't had rain for three weeks, and the rain before that was a piddlin' 1/4". I'm watering tomatoes...
Sure looks like crepe myrtle to me. Being eaten down to the ground will encourage the plant to have multiple trunks (CMs are naturally a shrub,...
"Let's eat Grandma" and "Let's eat, Grandma" Proper punctuation saves lives.
Mrs. G, it's so good to see you posting again! I can see that you had a very busy summer, and the crafts look fabulous! I do hope your boss...
Looks like English Ivy. Toxic to pets, very invasive, and generally not the first pick for a ground cover. Please get it off the tree--it will go...
This is not an instant fix, and will probably take two growing seasons, possibly more. First, get a set of golf shoes with the metal cleats. I am...
We have only Black Australorps, a breed that can stand our Texas heat and is known for being good layers. They start out laying smaller eggs, but...
Can you guess which eggs came from our young hens, and which from a "mature" lady? [img] First efforts ( photo / image / picture from...
Happy Birthday! Make sure everyone treats you especially well today (and every day).
"First woodworking project"? Good heavens, move over Duncan Phyffe! That is a gorgeous clock, and definitely does not look like a first...
When we were on a Windjammer cruise, we heard this one: Red sky at night, sailor's delight. Red sky at morning, sailors take warning. We were...
