I bought it form a man who said that it blooms year round…….so, I know it blooms now, because the rains came and it enjoyed it, as the other plants did. It will stop blooming, when it’s not getting a lot of water or rain. I suppose when the drought hits, next summer it will probably die, from lack of water. I’m going to go back outside and look at both flower pots, to see if there is a tag or something to tell me what this plant is. I’ve really got too many plants in my front yard. I may have to plant it in the back along the fence.
August 29, 2008
I don’t know what this is?
August 25, 2008
Flowering Sage
As you can see the sage always gets pretty blooms, everytime it gets rain or I water it a bunch.
Wild Mushrooms
Two days ago, these were growing next to one of my banana plants,
so I took a picture of them. 
Since that time they have “mushroomed”, grown larger and are big, flat and round. 
Here is another picture of them to show how big they’ve gotten. 
It’s weird, I didn’t expect any mushrooms to grow there. Since the big rains, we had last week they just popped out.
August 21, 2008
Wonderful Rain
We’ve had so much wonderful rain lately that I can’t get the guy to till up my garden, because it’s to muddy. I got the last of the left over junk plants and dead stuff mowed down just before it started raining. I really need to get some of the fall veggies planted, but it may be a few days before I can get it done. I should have let him do it before the rain, but I thought the ground was too hard. So, I told him to wait and that he did.
Porn Go Away……..Please!
If you are the websites that are putting your nasty porn on this blog, please stay off and leave my blog alone…….I do not want this on my blog………this is a nice clean gardening blog and I wish to stay away from your crap. I hope you have the heart to be right, since I’ve not done anything to have this stuff on my blog. I’m sorry that you think you have the right to put this stuff on a blog for gardeners. I really hate it, popping up in my reader’s faces every time, they come to this blog. PLEASE STOP!
August 18, 2008
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August 16, 2008
Texas Weather
We’ve been having some nice temps for August weather, lately. 
The 70’s and 80’s are a nice change to the 100’s that’s been paramount in the last month or so. Many of us have really run up a high electric bill using our air conditioning, to be comfortable. The sky is nice and cloudy and they say we are expecting rain the next three days. I’m not usually a cloudy day person, I normally like the sunshine, but today I like the rain. 
The 70’s and 80’s are a nice change to the 100’s that’s been paramount in the last month or so. Many of us have really run up a high electric bill using our air conditioning, to be comfortable. The sky is nice and cloudy and they say we are expecting rain the next three days. I’m not usually a cloudy day person, I normally like the sunshine, but today I like the rain.
I guess we will have to mow the yard at least one more time, with all this rain. I’m not griping about the rain, it was much needed here in the DFW area.
August 7, 2008
Mulch Your Pleasure
To conserve moisture and protect your plants from the heat, use a good mulch or ground cover to help with treated area.
Whether it be ground-up corncobs, nutshells, spent beer hops or coffee grounds, go for the popular aged wood or bark mulches or consider shredded leaves, grass clippings with shredded newspaper, straw, pine needles, or thin plastic. Be ware of some wood mulches, that can produce “shotgun” fungus. Instead use bark mulch, gravel, stone or black plastic.
Buy from a reputable garden center, look out for someone selling cheap mulch , you may be sorry.
August 5, 2008
Avocado’s
Yum Yum……guacamole salad….I love it……
As a houseplant
Avocado tree trained as a houseplant
Avocado can be grown as a houseplant from seed. It can germinate in normal soil in a large pot or by suspending a washed pit (generally using toothpicks embedded in the sides) pointed-side up and filling the glass until the bottom quarter of the pit is covered. The pit will crack as it absorbs water and germinates, and should sprout in 4–6 weeks. When the roots and stem emerge from the seed, it can be planted in soil. The young tree is amenable to pruning and training but will not normally bear fruit indoors without sufficient sunlight and a second plant to cross-pollinate.
An avocado is a fruit and not a vegetable! It is actually a member of the berry family.
At the time of the Spanish conquest, avocados were grown from northern Mexico south through Central America into north-western South America and south in the Andean region as far as Peru (where the avocado had been introduced shortly before the conquest), as well as into the Andean region of Venezuela.
Avocado Nutrition Chart:
|
Avocado – 1 medium |
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Calories |
324 |
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Total fat (g) |
30.8 |
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Carbohydrates (g) |
14 |
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Dietary fiber (g) |
10 |
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Sodium (mg) |
0 |
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Cholesterol (mg) |
0 |
Avocados and weight loss (dieting) programs:
Its monounsaturated fat speeds up the basal metabolic rate, as compared with saturated fat.
Its high fat content gives a quicker feeling of satiation (”fullness”), thus helping to reduce overeating.
Its high fat content makes an overall sound diet more palatable, reducing the temptation to binge on foods high in sugars or saturated fats.
Its rich supply of vitamins and minerals also makes the diet more wholesome and satisfying and thus more conducive to overall health.
