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Recent Posts
- Revisiting Monarchs
- Photo Viewing Invitation
- Oak Apples (or Oak Galls)
- The Pomegranate – A Beautiful Tree bearing Healthy Treats
- Solar Fountains for Existing Bird Baths
- Economical & Ecological Tips to Aid Nature
- Heat and Drought Tolerant Plants for Summer
- Pet Products that May Make Life Easier
- The Great White Buffalo
Category Archives: Seasons
What to Expect When Your A/C Goes Out in 100+ Temps
Hopefully this is a somewhat humorous and enlightening post regarding what I’ve learned firsthand this week living without air conditioning. We live in Texas, it is mid-July, and the daily temps, unfortunately, have reached 107+ every day this week. I … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, Houseplants, Humor, Insects, Pets, Plants, Seasons, Uncategorized, Weather
Tagged 100 Degree Temperatures, 109 degrees, blooming basil, cicada killer hornet, cicada killer wasp, extreme temperatures, gardening tips for extreme heat, heatwave, hot weather, houseplants and no A/C, Humor in Heat, July in Texas, keeping cool, native plants, no A/C, No A/C Diet, no air conditioning, Over 100 degree temperatures, Pets and Plants in Extreme Heat, portable A/C, sun scald, surviving no air conditioning, surviving no airconditioning, Texas in July
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Benign Effects of Summer Rain in Vegetable Gardening
First of all, I’d like to preface this post by saying a rain shower at the end of June in Texas is a true blessing. Downpours on three occasions at my home this week could be considered a miracle! What … Continue reading
Posted in Interesting Facts/Thoughts, Plants, Seasons, Vegetables
Tagged black peppers, blackened peppers on the vine, cucumbers, gardening, nitrogen, peppers, rain, rain shower, rapid growth, shower, squash, summer rain, thunderstorms, vegetables, yellow leaves, yellow leaves on tomatoes, zucchini
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Houseplants to Brighten Your Winter
While I pondered a topic to write about as we were enduring a few days of twenty degree temperatures here in North Texas recently, I looked around and began to admire the thriving houseplants I had surrounded myself with both … Continue reading
Posted in Insects, Plants, Seasons
Tagged aglaonema, Air Filtering Plants, chinese evergreen, clean air plants, combating winter days, corn plant, dracaena, heartleaf philodendron, houseplant, Houseplants that bloom, ivy, low light plants, peace lily, philodendron, plants that enjoy florescent lighting, Plants that Help Indoors, pothos, spath, using plants as decor, using plants to fill empty spaces
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Another Fall Favorite – Cape Honeysuckle
I recently came across another perfectly colored and timed blooming plant for fall: Tecomaria capensis or, the commonly known, Cape Honeysuckle. It all started when, on the way home from a family Colorado road trip last June, we stopped in … Continue reading
Fall Flowers, Foliage & Fruit
Below is an article I recently wrote for my workplace newsletter. Although a bit premature, the subject hopefully be timely soon as we seek relief, even if only in the planning stages, from the current heat spell here in North … Continue reading
Posted in Landscape/Gardening Decor, Plants, Seasons
Tagged autumn decor, autumn ideas for your landscape, autumnize, Chrysanthemums, coleus, Crossandra, Fall Plants, Firecracker Flower, mums, ornamental peppers, plants for autumn decorations, zinnias
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