One of the prizes of my garden is the Texas star hibiscus which each year has its first bloom just before Tricia’s birthday. This year it was a little bruised and sun-scorched before I got to it with the camera but it still looks lovely.
One of the gardening groups I belong to has been discussing natural mosquito repellants recently. We can’t go outside here for more than a few minutes without being attacked, and I have never liked putting the commercial stuff on my skin, so this is a topic of some interest to me.
Many of the […]
After dinner I got outside and worked a little at clearing up some more of the weeds that have sprung up from last month’s neglect. I started to reflect on how fast nature takes over our feeble attempts to impose our will.
My worst enemies are the trees and the vines. Pecan, hackberry […]
Just a note to let my readers know that I am still alive. We have been inordinately busy lately, and have been neglecting a lot of things, including both gardening and blogging. When we are not at the office we have had to spend a lot of time with Mom. […]
After taking Chan’s Taste Test and reading Kathy’s comments, I started thinking about my gardening experience and decided I need to explain a little.
I grew up in Texas and have mostly lived here. I have memories of the gardens of my parents and grandparents and others but I did not […]
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