While I was deadheading flowers today, the Sound of Music song "My Favorite Things" kept running through my mind. I was thinking of some of my...
We have it in our field, and bees do like it! Almost any of the monardas are bee friendly, besides being pretty, too.
Hello Renee, and welcome from a Central Texas gardener. My husband has a miner's helmet with the little headlight on it--he uses it when he's deep...
Well done, Philip!
Cheryl, I have a confession to make. When you first posted about the huge garden your cousin and husband had tilled and were planting, I thought,...
Dooley, I'm taking your photos out to the garden to give my cukes an idea of what they are supposed to do. So far I have big vines, lots of...
Cheryl, there's one in every family . . . . :setc_079: Think of it as the Darwin effect.
Cheryl honey, I have an abundance of seeds I will send you, under the guise of being 4 o'clock seeds! Considering what your flower beds look like,...
My heavens, that was quite a surprise! However, I must congratulate you on having the snake taken outdoors, rather than killing it. You're a good...
Aren't you glad you were patient and let the white crepe myrtle develop at its own pace! That is a lovely little shrub.
Jerry, yes, succession planting is definitely in the plan for next year's garden. I did a small block just to see what would happen this year....
My mama was like that. The flower or shrub was supposed to grow where she wanted it to be, not where it wanted to be! I tried and tried to explain...
It dawned on me this year that since we have a large vegetable garden, I could plant corn! Yes, I'm slow but willing . . . . I harvested the last...
That is truly sweet! Can you tell us the name of the rose (this from someone who just HAS to have every rose in the world!)?
Oh my, such lovely flowers, and interesting garden decor! So, which of you three has the greenest thumb?
Carolyn, Many wishes for a very happy birthday! You are such an asset to this website--interesting, helpful, and sometimes wry posts! May you...
DMJ, you and your husband deserve medals! Many folks wouldn't have gone to the trouble you went to. That is one fortunate little hawk. On behalf...
Handsome, very handsome, and those tiles will be easy to clean, too. The poor misguided souls who put in the wood burning stove in this house put...
Holy cow! If we don't hear from you for a couple of days, we'll send a search party to the "jungle". :mrgreen:
It is most likely that your nighttime temperatures are still a little cool for your tomatoes to set flowers. When things warm up, you'll have...
