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. […]
It’s still June and we are already having 100°+ days! According to the weather station at Rheudasil Park in Flower Mound, today’s high was 99.7 degrees. AccuWeather.com is forecasting tomorrow’s high to be 102 degrees with a “real feel” of 108 degrees. Heat advisory, humidity, “real feel” – gardening seems all but impossible. And the […]
Well, considering that Texas is as large as most countries, there is a lot of terrain to cover. Texas includes everything from marsh, to desert, to mountains and forests. Geology, geography, water and climate all come together to determine what kinds of plants will grow where. Yes, you might be able to grow something completely […]
There is so much work to be done and no time to do it. I have already replaced some of the pots and replanted a few things. I think we will have lost a lot of plants, but maybe we can salvage some of them. It makes me tired just thinking about it. — Weather […]
I spent the day trying to clean up from the tornadoes on Wednesday night. I’m exhausted. My yard looks like a lake once again and my new chicken planter was busted along with a few other planters. I managed to get them replaced and I’m still in the process of clean up. We have a […]
John and I spent our anniversary together today (or at least a few hours of it) at the Dallas Arboretum. Believe it or not, I had never been there. We will have to go back (with a bottle of wine?) and spend a lot longer! — Weather When Posted –Temperature: 66°F;Humidity: 81%;Heat Index: 66°F;Wind Chill: […]
What a great little market! Some friends and I went out to peruse some locally grown fare and I was pleasantly surprised by how much I found. There were local meat vendors, fresh eggs, honey, cheese, nuts and all sorts of crafts. I ended up coming home with some honey, some of the most incredible […]
The truth is that fire ant do provide a benefit. They eat ticks, chiggers, termites, boll weevils, flee hopper, cotton bollworms, pink bollworms, tobacco budworms, pecan weevils, hickory shuckworms, flies, fleas, tobacco budworms, corn earworms and cockroaches. Of course, they will also eat baby animals, seedlings and saplings – especially in the veggie garden. In […]
With all the rain we have been having, it’s important to remember a few things about working in wet soils. The number one thing is, well, just don’t do it When soils are wet, they are much more readily compacted. Soil particles get pressed together and the air gets forced out of the soil. Compaction […]
Title: Texas Discovery Garden’s Butterfly Plant Sale Location: Texas Discovery Gardens at Fair Park, 3601 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd, Dallas, TX 75210 Link out: Click here Description: “We have moved our famous Butterfly Plant Sale to an earlier (and cooler) date! Enjoy our ever widening selection of hard-to-find butterfly host and nectar plants. We […]
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