We reached 74F yesterday. I started pulling covers off my plants after this week’s winter storm. I might have cried a little. Sally Anne did not do a very good job of protecting my gingers. She must have been hiding under them. The bougainvillea I so lovingly kept green all winter has succumbed to the [...]
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Snowpocalypse 2021, Part One
You might have heard there was a bit of cold weather across the central part of the United States. You might have heard Texas didn’t cope well. Let me lay it out for you. Let me start with the size of Texas for perspective. I know I have several European friends here. I've been there [...]
A Little Snow
I'm originally from Up North. I had two black thumbs and couldn't grow anything (except mint, which you can't kill, much to the chagrin of my HOA, who couldn't believe I planted it on purpose). Learning to garden in Texas is a whole other ball game. I don't know what possessed me to try it, [...]