Category Archives: Plants
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
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
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
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
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
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
The Tulip Tree (Saucer Magnolia)
February is the magical time of year in North Texas when the Saucer Magnolia (Magnolia x soulangeana), or locally called, Tulip Tree, bursts with huge, 6-8 inch blooms in varying shades of pink against the otherwise barren winter landscape. The tree’s timing, … Continue reading
Non-Toxic Houseplants
This post is a quick turnaround response to my former article entitled, Houseplants to Brighten Your Winter. You see, as a person who enjoys and respects all forms of nature, especially our children and pets, it was reasonably assumed I featured only … Continue reading
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
