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Category Archives: Insects
February Observations
In February in north Texas, when you begin to see more robins on the ground than in the trees, you can be reasonably assured warmer weather is on its way. Continue reading
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. … 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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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 at … 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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Summertime & Shasta Daisies
To me, daisies are the flowers that best represent summertime. Just as tulips speak of spring and chrysanthemums of fall, daisies speak to the lazy and hazy warm days of midyear. Shasta daisies are among my favorite of this family for … Continue reading
It’s OK to Allow Plants to Bolt Sometimes
It’s OK to allow plants to go to bolt sometimes, such as when annuals are just past their prime season but not quite spent enough to pull. If you are unfamiliar with bolting, it is the phase in a plant … Continue reading
Posted in Insects, Interesting Facts/Thoughts, Plants, Seasons
Tagged bees, bolt, bolting, butterflies, cabbage, eastern tiger swallowtail, garlic, gone to bolt, lettuce, onion, radishes, spring, transition seasons, transitional seasons
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The Great Fall Monarch Migration
There is something amazing happening in the North Texas area right now: The annual fall monarch butterfly migration into Mexico. Last weekend, I saw multitudes of monarchs making a pit stop at my home, which is about 3 miles east … Continue reading
Anoles
First of all, thank you for bearing with me as I slowly transfer my previous blog posts onto my new WordPress site. I will not get into the details here, but it takes more than simply cutting and pasting! At … Continue reading
The Noble Vitex
Originally Published June 2011 When I first moved into my home about 19 years ago, the yard had very little in the way of landscaping and trees. Today I have several varieties of oak trees scattered around the front and … Continue reading
Posted in Insects, Plants
Tagged accent trees for Texas, accent trees for the south, blooming trees, blooms that attract bees, blooms that attract butterflies, chaste tree, cool colors for the landscape, deciduous trees, drought resistant trees, palmate leaves, purple blooms, small trees, trees for Texas, trees similar to Crape Myrtles, white blooms
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