Random Rants and Prickly Plants

Looking back over the last few months, it appears that I've more or less confined myself to shorter posts.  There's a few reasons f...

Goth Bob took a week off. The giant pumpkins developed root rot, which is a big problem here this time of year. One sprout is still fine. ...

I was going to plant some of my cuttings, and Little Goth Bob offered to help, so he harnessed up his trusty turtle and started to haul th...

Hit 90 today, so summer is starting. Got our first afternoon wilt, where the plants get droopy in the heat. Your first instinct is to wate...

Got a little hairy around here last night... tornado touched down a little south of us, and further south west, there were actually fataliti...

I should never have allowed Little Goth Bob to watch Avatar a few weeks ago... ever since he saw that movie, he's been trying to get thi...

The lady of the house has received this wonderful arrangement... We have decided to try to make cuttings and grow rose bushes. Also the c...

The cemetary cactus, which I've written about rather extensively in the past, and graces the header of my blog, has honored more with ...

Bob spent the day spiffing up things around the yard, so the garden would look acceptable this summer. here he is on a painting project......

Since the last post re: pumpkins was a week ago... here's an update... might as well track the things... General info: of 6 seeds p...