Monthly Archives: July 2009

Jul 20
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A project almost complete…

We finally got our mulch!  And since the mulch is so hot, I really can’t put it out around plants quite yet.  BUT – I can put it out in the bed where I want to kill a lot of grass!! Now when I say hot, what I mean is literally HOT.  It is steaming.  […]

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Jul 20
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Grape Juice!

We made five gallons of grape juice this weekend!  I would love to think that I could put some up and save it, but who am I kidding?  Half of it is already gone! Grape juice is incredibly easy to make.  All you have to do is wash the grapes and add water just until […]

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Jul 17
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LEWISVILLE/FLOWER MOUND Blog | The Dallas Morning News

LEWISVILLE/FLOWER MOUND Blog | The Dallas Morning News. Minor-Porter Log House open for tours July 18 4:30 PM Fri, Jul 17, 2009 | Permalink Deborah Fleck/News Assistant Bio |  E-mail |  News tips If you have an interest in Denton County’s history, check out the Minor-Porter Log House in the Lewisville Lake Environmental Learning Area. […]

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Jul 17
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Is Congress killing the organic farm? | MNN – Mother Nature Network

Is Congress killing the organic farm? | MNN – Mother Nature Network. In response to the recent food recalls that caused peanut butter, tomatoes, spinach and pistachios to be swept off grocery store shelves, a handful of food-safety bills are now circulating through Congress. Two of them, the Food Safety Modernization Act and Food and […]

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Jul 17
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Link Between Pesticide Levels In Blood And Parkinson’s Disease

Link Between Pesticide Levels In Blood And Parkinson’s Disease. People with Parkinson’s disease have significantly higher blood levels of a particular pesticide than healthy people or those with Alzheimer’s disease, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have found. Choose organic when you can! — Weather When Posted –Temperature: 86°F;Humidity: 53%;Heat Index: 89°F;Wind Chill: 86°F;Pressure: 30.09 […]

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Jul 17
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Humility

There is no gardening without humility.  nature is constantly sending even its oldest scholars to the bottom of the class for some egregious blunder. – Alfred Austin — Weather When Posted –Temperature: 84°F;Humidity: 56%;Heat Index: 86°F;Wind Chill: 84°F;Pressure: 30.11 in.;

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Jul 17
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Turk’s Cap

Turk’s Cap is known to biology geeks as Malvaviscus arboreus.  It is a decidous perrenial Texas native shrub that will grow in both sun and shade. It’s natural habitats include sandy low grounds near streams, limestone slopes around wooded creeks and palm groves. It ranges from the Texas Coastal Plain, east to Florida and also […]

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Jul 17
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Yeah! High today of only 98 degrees!

I was able to stay in the garden until noon.  This is the first time all week that I have been able to spend much time at all out there without bursting into flames. So what did I do?  I pruned and tied up tomatos.  Did you know that it’s not necessary to plant entirely […]

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Jul 11
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The Botany of Desire

What a great book!  There is so much fascinating information in here.  The book highlights the co-evolution of four different plant with humans and the particular element for which they are selected… apple/sweetness, tulip/desire, cannabis/intoxication, and potato/control.  Here is an excerpt from the chapter on the tulip/desire: Once upon a time, there were no flowers […]

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Jul 10
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What’s blooming today?

Wow… for something that I wanted to try to do weekly, I sure haven’t kept up with this very well the past couple of weeks. A tour of the garden shows a lot of really exhausted plants.  A lot of them look somewhat sunburned – including my aloe vera. There are some things still blooming […]

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