I dead-headed roses this morning after cleaning the coops and communing with the hens and chicklets (which takes a while since I'm trying to...
Such a magnificent garden! I love the trellis--and for the price you paid it was a real bargain. In the fifth photo from the top there is a...
I nipped into our local grocery, usually a sane and sanitary place, and was immediately accosted by a lady offering "free tastes" of a nacho dip....
Oh Barb, you are one strong woman to suffer through all that and survive! I'm so sorry you had such a nasty accident, but am so glad you are still...
Hail is one of the most destructive things that hit a garden! I'm so glad your vegetables and flower plants were spared the damage! Like Toni,...
Parsley is a biennial, which means it grows one season, and then matures and sets seeds the next. You are in the next season. Cutting off the...
Wandering Jew (purple Jew) is easy to root. Take the stalk and 1) put the stalk in moist potting soil and keep the soil moist, but not wet--roots...
When we lived in town I was working in the vegetable garden which could be seen from the church parking lot. I tan easily, and darkly. A lady came...
Is there room for negotiation about that recliner couch? It really is too large for the room. How many people would be sitting at one time? See of...
Netty, I had several of the old style jars--rubber rings, glass lids. I used them for pickles. Finding the rubber rings is the problem, and when...
Hello and welcome from 'way down south in Central Texas. You'll like it here--friendly, knowledgeable gardeners that are eager to help, praise,...
Police officers are true heroes. They face constant danger and still manage to do their jobs. Being shot by a cowardly sniper is despicable. I...
We were manning a Texas Parks and Wildlife booth at a local exposition, and talking about native plants and Wildscapes, etc. A lady came by and...
Toni, we feel your pain! I get up and get everything done by 9 a.m. or thereabouts, and then spend the rest of the day inside if possible. July...
Cheryl, it looks somewhat like a Lady Bank's Rose, but I'm not sure. Can you ask the donor if the shrub blooms in the spring, just once a year? If...
Well Kay, you just showed me heaven on earth! What a wonderful place to work (and it sounds as if you really, really work!). I'm drooling over...
Yucca grows wild here, so it must be a tough, easy-care plant. Does that plant pot have drainage? With the wet spring we had here in Texas, many...
Sherry, as someone who only recently learned the joys of day lilies, I am simply overwhelmed with the variety and beauty of yours. Your photos...
And it's so much more enjoyable if you give names to the weeds, names of people you just don't like very much!
Toni, I wish I knew what kind I have! It has been blooming for over a month, and is orange and yellow. Now, isn't that helpful:smt036!
