Botanizers are a bit like birders. This year, West Texas is a paradise for botanizers. One of the prettiest Prickly Pears out here. The Spiny-fruited Prickly Pear is named for its prickly fruits. Big Bend Ranch State Park.

Thursday, May 5, 2016.

Ramblings from a Desert Garden. 8216; and host a giveaway. Horticulturist, Maureen Gilmer, makes her home in the Palm Springs area, in the midst of the California desert, and she has put offered her expertise in creating colorful dry gardens in her latest book. Part two has a comprehensive list .

Mossy, fecund thoughts about gardening and nature. high of 23 next Tuesday! These are the hardest weeks for me as a gardener and human being. As recently as last week, I was.

Inside this thin coating of sweetness is a fiery core of total insanity. Friday, March 16, 2018. Foliage Followup - March 2018. But now there is! Lots of wonderful emerging foliage popping out of the ground, so wonderful to see! Beesia calthifolia emerges a mahogany color and ages to green.

Garden ruminations in the land of enchantment. Sunday, August 25, 2013. If this house were in Los Angeles, it would be considered an adobe, or maybe a modernistic adobe. Perhaps I should call it The Semi-Modern House, or The Modern Adobe House. But no, TMH it remains. To start a new one or not? Saturday, December 31, 2011.

Sunday morning, with border collie and barrels. A kind and extraordinarily generous. Before it came to my yard, this cactus lived for years in a big container at my neighbor.

Gardening and Writing in the Prairie Echo. Friday, September 22, 2017. Book Launch, Signing, Raffle. Raffle prizes include signed books, t-shirts, local goods, seeds, plants, and garden tools. Party on! If you want to order a signed copy of the book and have it mailed to you go here. Tuesday, June 20, 2017.

A journal of the joys gardens provide. Monday, April 14, 2014. Any Texan can tell you, SFA stands for Stephen F. It is located in Nacogdoches, Texas. 2 Circle, star, or highlight the plants you would like to acquire. Then decide which plant you want most of all. 6 There was no .