Ed, that container looks a little large for the cactus, which also looks like it is sitting a little deep in the container. You might want to...
Dooley, there is a good chance of more rain today. i sure hope you get some (but if you do, stay away from wet goats if you value your sense of...
Capt., I'll keep you in my thoughts today. Please let us know what the doctor says. Your heart may be enlarged and weak, but it's in a...
This method is messy, but easy--just let the eggplant ripen and start to rot. Cut it open and the seed cavity will be mushy, then use Carolyn's...
Hummers are VERY territorial, as you observed. Never try to break up a hummingbird fight-those beaks are lethal!
I am a firm believer that rain water is better for plants than municipal water (my credo is based on the fact that I am very, very frugal--well,...
S-H, I'm lime-green with envy! The only way we can grow limes is in a pot that is taken inside for the winter. You might say we have "mobile limes"!
Lovely! The bloom looks almost like a lily of some sort. Like Carolyn, I can think of nothing like it here in the States.
Fiddleheads are the emerging fronds of the Ostrich fern, and they are delicious! KK, I'm sorry you had a bad experience with them. Eaten raw, they...
I don't know what is available in the UK. We can get ammonium or iron sulfate at our farm/ranch supply store.
Until now, I honestly thought that Texas had cornered the market on dumb. *Texas had a legislator who introduced a bill to allow the blind to...
Ammonium sulfate, and sulphur coated urea will acidify soils. Elemental sulfur and iron sulfate will also acidify, but in established beds you...
Hello, and welcome! We'd love to see pictures of your "postage stamp." I cut back my lavender also, and it's much healthier and bushier than...
Cheryl, Your white marigolds are hybrids, and sterile. Sorry! There was a contest sponsored by some seed company a few years back to produce a...
Dooley, I love your definition of a "small" garden! That is intensive agriculture you've got going. I have had absolutely no luck with pole...
Jonty, we have three vegetable gardens, all of which are four years old; two herb beds, one two years old and the other three; one backyard flower...
I was watering our potato patch this morning, and saw a glimmer of red where the soil washed away near a plant's stem. I did a little...
This is a native Texas clematis, commonly called "Leathercup vine." The flowers are tough, like leather. It's also called Pitcher Clematis. It's...
Finally, someone asked a question I can answer! Roses, roses, roses. I adore roses. Roses are the best--beautiful, scented, make give-away...
Cheryl, you are going to have loads of Gulf Frittilary butterflies. Passionflower is the host plant, so you'll see little orange caterpillars that...
