Don't y'all just love the new emblems next to the forum topics? They're so bright and happy, and makes finding a forum even easier. I swear,...
Toni, when I heard of the storms passing through north Texas and Oklahoma, I immediately thought of you. I'm so sorry you were in the path, and I...
Mowing the first few times is so nice--warm, smell of freshly cut grass, green. For me it starts to pall along about June! You have certainly...
A friend of ours has trouble growing squash. The plants do fine, set blossoms and little squash, and then the 1"-2" squash fall off the plant. I...
Zinnia, If you will look on the Rose forum, second page, there is a posting "Taking a rose cutting" on which I gave detailed, explicit, and...
Well Louise, if I have to choose a style, I go for easy-to-clean! Texas has a bit of every kind of dirt invented, and most of it ends up in my...
"Heavy" pruning of evergreens isn't recommended. At the most 10 to 20% of the plant should be removed at any one time, since evergreens don't...
It's not fair--you have a green thumb AND a potting bench! That is a super potting bench, and pretty, too. Everything is so tidy--clean tools...
How exciting! I've never seen a hatchling quail, but if they are all like Pip, they sure are cute. One has to persevere--can't let the foxes win....
Toni, I did a quick search on Blue Girl, and it can be propagated from cuttings, so it is not grafted. Grafted roses don't come true to their...
Toni, my husband has a sign in his office that says, "My wife told me if I spent any more money on bugs, she'd leave me. I'll sure miss that...
Okay Toni, I just added another rose to my "gotta have" list! That is a lovely rose, and scented, yet! Is it own-root or grafted?
Cheryl, I'd give both a gentle fertilization. The new one can use all the help it can get to settle in, and the moved one, ditto. In this case,...
Margie, The point of removing bottom leaves/branches is to prevent soil borne diseases (dirt with the disease hits the leaves during watering or...
Cheryl, Old roses (antique or own-root roses, not grafted hybrid teas) don't require a lot of fertilizer, especially in our climate. If there is...
Happy Birthday! I hope it is the beginning of a green, growing year!
Cheryl girl, I've said it before and I'll say it again--you have a green thumb all the way up to your elbow! That is a lovely rose, with a lovely...
Our garden features a cross-toed gargoyle. What does that say about me? I also have engraved rocks that say "welcome" and have a sun on them, and...
EJ, there are nurseries with worse-looking plants than yours! You have an impressive array of really healthy transplants there. Let us know when...
Simply lovely! The one thing I miss here in Texas is having a true spring--we seem to go directly from winter to early summer. Seeing your lovely...
