Toni turned loose with a camera that can take 3300 photos--we here on the GardenStew are in heaven!!!!
I love baking, mostly bread, but cookies too! I always make ginger snaps for Christmas, and sugar cookies, and date pinwheels, and gingerbread...
Toni, lovely photos and lovely flowers! Now that you have a new camera we'll expect even more fantastic pictures from you. Thank Randy for all of...
I'd leave it in the soil. Just mulch it heavily to keep the roots alive. Even here in Central Texas the lantana dies back in the winter. I cut it...
Stunning (as are all your photos)! Thanks for telling us that is a jay--I've never seen one like that before. It is nothing like the fat, noisy...
Philip, welcome to GardenStew! You'll fine it a very friendly, helpful spot. We are in Central Texas, on a small farm with an indoor cat, a small...
Eileen, I do admire your strength of character. I try to cut down my list of "wants" but it seems to grow, instead! You are one strong-minded...
Each year I make a note of what grew well, what failed, and what I want to plant more/less of in the vegetable gardens. I have a plan and I'm...
Totally Tomatoes and Vermont Bean and Seed came yesterday. This is one of the few times of the year that I actually look forward to receiving mail!
Bless your heart--there you were enjoying your birthday treat and still taking photos to share with us! Kew is magnificent; the sculptures are...
Yes, the biggest prize I've ever won is my wonderful husband (I chased him until he caught me)! The only other thing I've ever won is a Daughters...
Don't cut back your beans after the first picking! I didn't explain very well. The bean plants will produce heavily, and then begin to taper off....
Hi, we are in central Texas, just about 25 miles SE of Waco, and we take our lemon trees into the potting shed (unheated, but sheltered) for the...
Frank, you keep coming up with great ideas to keep us returning (or just staying on) GardenStew! I think you are what they call an "enabler" but...
Tom, that looks like my family! You let yours in the house--mine are hanging out in the vegetable garden.
Another belated Happy Birthday! Isn't it wonderful that you have so many friends and well-wishers here on the Stew?
Your beans are looking great! About the bush beans--after they set beans and start to slow down, I cut the plant back by about half, and they...
Thank you all for your kind comments. The chooks are black Australorps, and they are the sweetest hens--but not terribly bright, if you know what...
S-H, if you have access to any thorny plants, a few branches stuck in each pot will deter the cat. Of course, when you work with the plant you...
Oh, too funny! We don't have squirrels, and I don't really miss them, but their antics are so entertaining. Thanks for sharing your squirrels'...
