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Not having had formal education in botany, I tend not to look at botanical names (genus & species), when looking at names of plants. Although, I do see the benefit of doing that. While looking back at @aftermidnight & @thistlebloom 's comments, it finally registered that they both referred to...

:lol: Having lived in TX for 6 years, with my EX (back in the late 70's/early 80's), I slip into the southern drawl without even realizing it. Y'all just rolls off my tongue, like I was born here. :gig However, I have lived on both coasts and points in between, as we'll as north & south...

I found 2 more photos. The first one is another shot of one of the Umbrella Tree's spectacular blossoms. The second photo shows the 100+ year old tree. It's obvious that the tree is dying, because of the hollowed out trunk, from the wood rotting away. You can see it has been heavily pruned...

Thanks for your feedback @Pulsegleaner. It may well be some sort of wild berry/bramble. We do have a nasty bramble here, but it doesn't look anything like this. I will try to remember to get a photo of it tomorrow. We have had to clear the property line, getting ready for putting in...

Thanks for your input Steve. But I'm fairly certain this is Plantain. In PA, we had 2 varieties of Plantain in our yard: broadleaf and narrow leaf. The classic sign is the non-branched veining. The only difference is that this has a hairy leaf. I found one website that says Texas has 13...

Youngster, indeed! Happy Birthday majorcatfish!

BINGO Annette! (@aftermidnight) and @thistlebloom! It is indeed an Umbrella Magnolia! When we lived in PA, one of my favorite places to go, to take photos, was the Asa Packer Mansion, in Jim Thorpe, PA (in the Pocono Mountains). On the hill, in front of the house, was a dying Umbrella...

DH & I were cutting Sow Thistle for our goats this evening. As we worked I saw the following weeds & wondered what they are: 1. I'm thinking this is some kind of wild rose? 2. This is next to the rose like plant, and looks similar. But, the leaves are bigger and on one stem, there are 5...

Hey Journey! It's interesting that you chose Journey, for your TEG name, because this is quite a journey you are on now, with your father's illnesses. I was just praying for you, your father, your children & the rest of your family (strength, wisdom, courage, comfort, healing, favor, faith &...

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There is no definitive test for Lyme. On some more accurate tests, it shows up as different bands on a chart. The test I had, it showed up as long term, chronic Lyme. One way to know for sure is if you have one of the known 5 coinfections. Since I also had Babesia, which mimics Malaria...

YIKES! :ep I can totally identify! Just the other day, when we were on a ladder, checking the gutters, we saw that the roof, about 3 feet up from the room's edge, has a big dip in it (about 4 feet in diameter). We don't know if he just did a bad job installing the plywood because he...

Not really. The house was built in the middle of a 7 year drought & he really had no way of knowing the crawlspace would flood like that. I would have put the house 200 feet further back on the property, knowing that flooding can occur. Here's the deal . . . this man should not have built a...

I actually think. I contracted Lyme in the Pocono Mountains, in Pennyslvania, in 1986. We went camping, at Lake Wallenpaupak, for 2 weeks. I got multiple mosquitos, which can also transmit Lyme. I also got Babesia, which is a co-infection with Lyme. I was young & healthy back then, so that is...

Our house is on a footer - perimeter & down the middle. The man we bought it from dug the crawl space into the clay to allow room to move around. The house was built at the bottom of a hill, in the middle of a 7 year drought here in East Texas. Our soil is 6-8" of Sandy Loam on top of (who...

Yes, it's a package deal.

I'm glad you don't have to deal with Lyme & Fibromyalgia, sweet Carol! I wouldn't wish that on my worst enemy! The Lyme & Epstein Barr Virus, combined, almost killed me back in 2008. My immune system had crashed (as in non-existant). I was sleeping 16 hours a day & the other 8 hours I sat in...

DH just came in & told me he had rinsed & placed 2 more barrels (220 gallons!) for the crawlspace water collection. He rinsed & placed the 1st one & by the time he rinsed the 2nd one, the pump had already 1/2 full. When he came in to tell me about it the 1st one was 2/3 full. We have 2 more...

Too late for me too. :hityou are smart to be proactive Mary. If you are able to manage your weight with diet & exercise, that is ideal and awesome! :thumbsup Lyme Disease & Fibromyalgia have wrecked havoc with my joints. I have severe arthritis in both ankles. The foot doctor says that kind of...

Our two blue barrels, that were collecting water pumped from our crawlspace, filled to overflowing in about 5 hours. I asked DH to go check the first barrel after 2 hours. He had looked under the house (through the hatch door in the closet) & said there was no water, so he didn't think the...