I had an occasion yesterday to take a few pictures of the garden.  Several turned out worthy of saving. When I printed one of them out and p...

Can you guess which of these yellow squash has just been sitting around developing lots of seeds? At this time of year and with as much...

This year the first mosquito bit me on April 15th. Kind of appropriate I thought since both are vexing issues. All the rain we've had ...

Tiny visitor on coneflower aka (also known as) Echinacea Passiflora incarnata aka Passionflower aka Maypop - waiting for a tiny visit...

6-25 Mike's Harvest 6-26 Jim's Harvest

Mike digging potatoes The Ice Cream Social on Saturday has many parts to it. Eating! Socializing & Fun in the shade of the pecan...

Today's bad bug to watch for -  leaf-footed bug . This particular species is Leptoglossus phyllopus.  There aren't high numbers i...

Shut off valve - either for a single hose or to attach two hoses. The yellow rings is the gasket. Gaskets can be any color. Several peo...

Thursday June 27 8:30 am - 9:30 am Master Gardeners in the Garden Saturday June 29 11:30 am - 2:00 pm Ice Cream Social Come one! Come...

For some reason I thought all lady bugs were good bugs. Unfortunately, there are a few lady bugs that are very destructive to plants. One of...

This past week we had a water leak which made the ground around one of the spigots very wet.  The problem was caused by a spigot handle th...

To celebrate National Pollinator week, I spent quite a bit of time chasing bees, beetles, wasps and flies in the garden trying to take their...

The first of the summer vegetables are coming in -  Thanks to everyone who sent in pictures of some of their recent harvests. I know of othe...

Squash bugs unfortunately are one of our biggest pests at the garden. For some reason we have been afflicted with them in great numbers ever...

June 17 - 23 National Pollinator Week Watch for a post about why pollinators are beneficial Monday June 17 Mulch Moving Project 6:30 p...

We have two huge piles of mulch to be spread in the garden. Thursday morning Wesley from RPM Tree Care brought us a HUGE truck load of chips...