Monthly Archives: July 2003

milkweed seeds

a visit to a plant museum

This morning I drove to Fort Worth to join a tour of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas, or BRIT.

A few years ago the…

hedges

Our house came with privet hedges on each side of the front lawn. I am not really a fan of privet and seriously thought of ta…

turk’s cap

Turk’s cap (Malvaviscus arboreus) looks good in the shade this time of year. I’ve been planting it as a for…

our old suburban home

This place of ours was once in the “suburbs.” Our house was built in 1946, which makes it older than us. Most…