Thank you all for your help. I think that, considering I want to harvest it throughout the winter, I'll bring 2/3 of the plant inside if cold...
Toni, thank you! Yes, it is a Chinese Tallow because it agrees exactly with the description in Trees of Texas. The long strings of blossoms...
I have never tried to overwinter peppermint, or any mint. However, my neighbor is fighting cancer and mint tea seems to soothe her stomach. I have...
This tree is mature, growing at the edge of our pond and even in the pond when the water is high, and I was pretty sure it was a cottonwood....
What a lovely garden! It must give you such pleasure, both in working and growing it, and in anticipating the next year's growth and additions....
Those are lovely photos of a lovely garden. I especially like the juicy, soft cactus. We have prickly pear here, which is neither soft nor...
For those of us in the United States who want to try luffa, Jung Seeds and Plants offers luffa gourd seeds in their catalog on page 56, #02600....
Oh, please, no goats! I live in Central Texas, and you wouldn't believe what goats can do to decent land. We are in farming country, but some...
I'd bring them in, keep them in a cool spot, and water infrequently. Being in pots, their root systems are more prone to freeze/cold damage than...
I like to use bonemeal for rhizomes and bulbs. Just make sure you don't have dogs in the yard (bonemeal+dog=dug up bulbs)! As to the best tool, a...
Sheesh, even your cacti blossom for you! That's lovely and I'm envious. I'm going to ask Frank to pout in an emoticon for green-faced envy so I...
Well, you could plant them pretty close together and then surround them with a green wire fence or stakes with green plastic netting attached....
I'm all for selling wild boar. We have a feral hog problem here in Texas--they tear up fields, uproot trees and endanger anything smaller than a...
Great find! I have a NY Times Book of Vegetable Gardening that I use frequently. Since we garden organically I just ignore all the out-of-date...
Toni, that looks like Chili Pequin or Bird Chili. Want to guess why it's called "Bird" chili? They are frequently planted by birds, especially...
Cheryl, that is so beautiful! Some folks have a green thumb--I think you have a green arm!
Dooley, I have had great success with both the black Ichiban and with the green Louisiana Long Green eggplants. Neither is round, but more banana...
Well, I have finally seen a sky that compares to our sunsets here in Texas. I won't get into a comparison contest because with your photography...
Happy Birthday, and many, many more! You are such a wonderful addition to this site--we're so glad you are here! :-D
Prairiedancer, I think you are our doppleganger! We too have a small acreage farm with vegetable, herb, and flower gardens, bee hives and hens. We...
