Bunkie, I'm with you. I have heard of "bush" type tomatoes, mainly hybrids that were bred for patio plants. Those are short. Indeterminate to me...
I absolutely love seeing the "junque" that you see possibilities in, and what you make of it when you get it home. This is better than those home...
Mrs. G, from seeing the photos of your flowers, I don't think you need much help with flower gardening! About celosia, cut off the spent blooms...
Is it becoming common to bring along your pet while visiting? I have a neighbor with two Yorkshire Terriers. She stops by to visit, and wants to...
Happy Anniversary to a great couple!
Cheryl, things are looking fantastic around your place! What a gardener you are--eye for color and composition, and a green thumb all the way to...
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,...
