~40 years from now~ "Grandma, what did you do during the pandemic of 2020?" "Well sweetheart, mostly I let laundry pile up and surfed the internet in pajamas until 2pm, but I did put in a row of okra that one time." Truly the next Greatest Generation. History feels weird when you're living it. The days …
You'll forgive me for the unoriginal blog title, I'm still a little foggy-headed over here. I've been sick for a week, thereabout. Last Thursday I cancelled a work trip to Florida on the day I was supposed to go since I woke up with a fever and cough and an insanely painful sore throat. Went …
Thanks Leap Year, for letting me squeak this post in. Appreciate it. It's been fairly limited as gardening goes so far this month. The weather is mild, the backyard is still ripped up, and the leaves are finally starting to fall off the red oak in the front yard. Said yard also needs to be …
Happy to report there have been no more dead possum incidents, though the dog has started digging in the garden... so couple solid weeks of "that's a bad dog" around here. It isn't too bad- he's picked spots that needed to be turned over, so if he would just stop kicking the dirt into the …
Continue reading The Texas Garden in November, Mostly Citrus Edition
I've needed a new "thing" on the blog for a while- how about a recommendation series? I worked at a garden center for a number of years in college, and there are so many plants that are awesome but don't get the love they deserve- mostly because a particular plant doesn't look good in small …
Ah September, the time of year where the cold fronts move in and we get cool 98 degree weather. (That's... that's only half joking. It IS actually better than 104 degrees.) The children are off to school. And... that's it. Fall doesn't set in for a long time here, so it isn't really fall-esque around …
It's so hot. I know I've mentioned that in all recent posts, but oh my God it's so hot right now. We haven't had rain in two months, the soil in the garden needs to be MUCH more improved if it's going to be the single main shelter for all these plants through such tough …
