[ATTACH] What we had intended as a woodpecker feeding place has become cat pedestals. And yes, we do place our cats on pedestals, not that they...
Thank you Kildale for that great link! I have it bookmarked and will likely use it frequently.
[ATTACH] We had never seen one here, but the Audubon ID book has it listed as present in Texas, and it's host plant is Ruellia, which we have a...
Nightowl, what an ordeal for you and your family! You are certainly a comfort to your son and his wife, and they must rely on you heavily. This is...
[IMG] Greetings from Texas! Longhorns are now called "droop horns".
Whew, it's such a relief to see Netty posting! And I congratulate her on the rain. We are hot and dry, but hey, it's August in Texas.
Good morning all, and I sincerely hope that includes Netty. She hasn't posted for three days, and I'm wishing that she is just busy and that...
Bless you Eileen and Cayuga, winter here doesn't "set in." Most construction is done in the fall and winter months (workmen are less likely to...
There was a film a few years ago, There be Dragons, about the Spanish civil war. Are you staging a remake, Jerry? Your dragons are lovely!
As I posted earlier, we had storm damage on June 20. After an arduous search, we found the best contractor in the area--hard working crew,...
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Harvested more basil early this morning before the heat got to it and made basil red wine vinegar. Other than that, like Netty I watered, and...
Mart, I don't know about squatters, but it is rural and rather hard to get to down a one lane gravel road. The county is under a burn ban, but...
Toni, this one is for you: [IMG]
Plantmom, that is definitely a grasshopper. I'm in Texas and I KNOW grasshoppers. Neem sprays kill 'hoppers, as does a garlic/hot pepper spray you...
In our local paper, there was a headline "Oakwood Cemetery Bans Outdoor Grilling." My first thought was "where do you grill indoors in a cemetery,...
Okra blooms are gorgeous, but then you get okra . . . . I planted okra for a few years (we are in Texas and if you want to fit in, you plant okra)...
Congratulations, Odif! I agree, a Dos Equis is worth fighting for.
Fall garden will have broccoli, green beans, leaf lettuces, garlic to be harvested in spring, and one row of carrots. We still have carrots from...
Thank you Sjoerd! I have found that having birthdays is much preferable to the alternative (no more birthdays). Husband brought chocolates since I...
