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Spring: It’s Coming
I started cleaning up and getting my greenhouse ready to start seeds. Today is February 11, but our last average frost date is about March 20. That means it’s time to start thinking about the spring...
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Spring is Here
Spring is here in North Central Texas. It is obvious in all the sprouting and flowering plants. Icelandic Poppy Daffodil Ornamental Pear The winter wheat practically glows in the sun. The daffodils are...
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Trav’s Corner: Cream of Hatch Chile Soup
First, assemble the ingredients: 1 cup Hatch chiles, roasted, peeled, seeded & diced ¾ cup chopped onion 3 cloves garlic, minced 3 roma tomatoes, diced 1 large avocado, diced ½ cup chopped cilantro...
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Fun Photos from Arcadia
It’s been a very long time since I’ve posted fun photos from our life here in Arcadia. Black eyed susans from my front flower bed. This is a perennial favorite of North Texas gardeners. Jdubs on the...
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The New Victory Garden
Gardening: the original patriot act. (source: Michigan State University) I have been salivating over gardening books, seed catalogues, blogs and ag extension websites for weeks. It’s only January and...
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My Precious Tomatoes
A rainbow of fall tomatoes. My compulsion to garden began with my quest to grow an abundance of tomatoes. I didn’t even like tomatoes until I was about 22 years old. The first time I remember loving...
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Experiment: Propagating Roses
I am experimenting with rose propagation. I don’t really know what I’m doing, but I have read about it and gotten advice from my rose-expert friend, who has successfully propagated roses clipped from...
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Backyard Opossum, Oh No!
Tonight I got quite a fright when I went to check on my backyard flock of hens. There he was looking at me with his eyes flashing back like highway reflectors—a opossum! He just stood there frozen...
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A Good Egg
“And a big white hen standing on one leg. And under the hen was a quiet egg,” a line from one of our most treasured board books, The Big Red Barn by Margaret Wise Brown. Today was a momentous day for...
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Significant Gifts are Transactions of the Heart
Every year my husband and I set a budget for spending on Christmas gifts and we try to stick to it. Throughout the year we’re thinking about what we can give each other and our family members that is...
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