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Category Archives: Plants
African Iris – Pretty in Bloom and Lovely when Not
My husband and I finally found a hardy plant for our large centerpiece terracotta pot that is both beautiful in bloom and also when not – African Iris. We live in Hardiness Zone 8a which means our temps can dip … Continue reading
Wild Rose Pass
A Valentine Ghost Story This post is an excerpt of an article I wrote about nine years ago and I cannot believe I haven’t posted it at Nature is Nurture before now. I suppose the theme is a little more … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, Birds, Interesting Facts/Thoughts, Plants, Seasons, Travel
Tagged Alice of Fort Davis, auodads, Fort Davis National Historical Site, Fort Davis;, Ghost Story, highway memorials, Indian Lodge, javelinas, Limpia Creek, Marfa, McDonald Observatory, Roses, Super Bowl, Texas Parks and Wildlife, Valentine Ghost Story, Valentine’s Day, West Texas, West Texas Lore, Wild Rose Pass
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Late Limes
November 9, 2018 Hopefully I am writing this post just in time (for those of you in my part of North Texas) to serve as a reminder to bring indoors, or at least heavily cover, your citrus, tropicals and other … Continue reading
Posted in Plants, Seasons, Weather
Tagged aromatic blooms, attracting bees, bees, citrus, citrus tree, covering plants during frost and freeze, fruit, fruit tree, gardenia aroma, growing lime trees, kaffir lime, key lime, lime, lime tree, lime trees with thorns, mexican lime, moving sensitive plants indoors for the winter, overwintering citrus trees, persian lime, pollinators, sun-loving plants, thorns
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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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Allowing Plants Time to Recover
Well, again, it has been a while since I’ve posted. I have a few interesting topics in mind to write about this summer but unfortunately this particular topic has come to the forefront due to a personal experience with baseball-sized … Continue reading
Posted in Plants, Weather
Tagged aloe vera, baseball-sized hail, giving plants time to heal, giving plants time to recover, hail, hail damaged landscapes, hail damaged plants, hailstone, injured plants, pineapple, plumeria, regrowth, resilience, spring storms, weather, weather damaged plants
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Deer Resistant Gardening
Recently my husband and I took a quick weekend trip to East Texas to get a glimpse of what retirement might look like should we choose the area. If you haven’t had the pleasure of visiting the piney woods of … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, Landscape/Gardening Decor, Plants
Tagged Autumn Sage, Cape Honeysuckle, chives, daffodil, deer, deer resistant, dianthus, gardening with wildlife, garlic, iris, lamb's ear, lantana, lavender, marigold, onion, petunias, root crops, rosemary, sage, verbena
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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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Best Plants for Attracting Hummingbirds
Who doesn’t love hummingbirds? Not only are they one of the world’s tiniest wonders regarding their incredible flexibility in flight, they are absolutely beautiful. They are fun to watch, especially when there are two or more in the vicinity as … Continue reading
Posted in Birds, Interesting Facts/Thoughts, Plants
Tagged attracting hummingbirds, Autumn Sage, cardinal climber, Cypress Vine, darner dragonfly, dragonfly, facts about hummingbirds, fern-like foliage, Firebush, Hummingbirds, perennials, red flowers, tubular flowers, Turks Cap, vines
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Crown of Thorns
As we move into the warmer (ahem, hot) months, we gardeners are busy filling our baskets, beds and pots with loads of blooming plants and when we are not, we are certainly day-dreaming about it. Those vibrant flowers at the stores … Continue reading
Posted in Interesting Facts/Thoughts, Plants
Tagged blooming succulent, Crown of Thorns, drought tolerant, Easter plants, Euphorbia, Euphorbia milii, good plants for poolside, heat resistant plants, milky sap, pest free summer potted plants, resilient plants, thorny plants, tropical plants
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