Random Rants and Prickly Plants

Or just for the fun of it.  Saw someone crocheting skulls on Etsy so I decided to see if I could pull off.  Here's the result off this...

Well, nothing much garden related at least.  Halloween is pending, which will be a relief at the flea, but also signals the beginning of the...

The cutting off of the black crepe myrtle that I wrote about a few months ago has graced me with a bloom.  It had formed buds, but lost the...

Our long hot summers often send gardens into a dormancy from August thru September.   However, many plants spring back with the first autmn ...

 So, here's what happened.  The flea market where I'm set up is basically semi-enclosed.  To be blunt, it's more like car port...

The Pregnant Onion, Albuca bracteata {formerly known as Ornithogalum caudatum, the botanical name was changed in 2009} is a South African ...

  Well, it's mushroom  season in Texas... cold autumn rains followed by warm autumn days result in rather fantastic displays in the la...

With more and more municipalities banning or limiting the plastic shopping bag, for various reasons, those canvas totes are becoming neces...

The Occupy the Cemetary/Zombie rights  movement has staged a sit-in at the flea market to protest the negative stereotype being perpetuated ...

This showed up on my email.  I have no idea where it's from, or who took it.  I like it.