Two years ago, I saw a Desert Rose in my local garden center and fell in love. It is such a funky plant, with a fat caudex… Read more “Identity Crisis”
Tag: garden
Spring Gifts
I love spring. I love the return of old friends and the surprise of whether a plant will have survived the Texas version of winter. Some plants… Read more “Spring Gifts”
Waiting Game
In February 2021, right around Valentine’s Day, we had a super cold freeze in Texas – down to zero for a day or two, very unusual –… Read more “Waiting Game”
How does your garden grow?
Aha!! Those little seeds I planted back in February are doing marvelous things now… Since I moved to Texas in 2007, the only vegetable I have successfully… Read more “How does your garden grow?”
Old Friends
I love spring. Mainly because I love to see the return of my perennial flowers. There is something magical about their (seeming) death in the fall and… Read more “Old Friends”
Unsettling Sounds
There is this holly shrub outside one of the windows of my house. It’s like watching the nature channel. The Eastern Waxwings come pick it clean of… Read more “Unsettling Sounds”
Spring is here?
For this Jersey girl, Texas weather is so very odd. It’s February. One day it’s below freezing, the next day we’re wearing shorts. Then it drops back… Read more “Spring is here?”
making difference
My son spends a lot of time on the computer. I’ve been trying to help this teenager balance his time more wisely and you know, be a… Read more “making difference”
Abundance
For Mother’s Day this spring, my husband and daughter bought me a celosia plant and although it lived in the pot for a few days, we eventually… Read more “Abundance”
Creative Practices 