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Fall Garden Festivities
Hello again, Well the South Texas heat has finally stopped the relentless assault on us and the rains have returned… we even had a few temps down in the 60’s , you can’t beat that! So it’s been a busy few weeks around here, ...
Tomato Hornworms
I was Mowing the yard today and as I rode by the garden I noticed the three tomato plants that lived thru the drought had the top 10 inches or so stripped of it’s leaves! As I Inspected further I found the culprit, Tomato Hornworms , and there ...
Finally Some Rain!!!
We finally got some good rain! For the last two weeks its been coming a shower here and a thunder boomer there, well we finally got a goos hour long soaker. The rains have been mostly the summer afternoon 10 minute jobs, but this one hung around fo...
Big Figs And Expectant Cows
Figs are getting ripe and a ripe cow about to pop!...
Corn Smut or in Mexico, Huitlacoche.
Picked a few ears of corn the other day and look what I found! I checked this out on Wikipedia It appears that here in the states , this is a problem to be eliminated. In Mexico, its a delicacy. Needless to say , I didn’t eat it, we fed it to t...
Building A Compost Pile.
How I build a compost pile...

