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Welcome tentree :frow I like your Texas picture! Real cute :happy_flower

Yeah, we know where Port O'Connor is - ya'll had a hurricane run DH out of fishing there a few years ago. I was on mission trip in Harlingen and he was on fishing trip - ha! he had to come home :gig The old timers here swear by 'cotton seed meal' but I haven't tried it yet. Do plan to...

Yes, Steve - we love our container :love comes in handy for many purposes. Randy secured metal shelving along the back wall and one side wall. It's also perfect for storing long rolls of indoor/outdoor carpet (10' pieces) and the kids' old furniture pieces (which they need to pick up). We...

Learn from my lesson: let it live the first year in the bucket it lives in now. I think it needs to adjust to your growing environment and watering habits. Our mistake - transplanting. All of the fruit fell off within the first month and hasn't had blooms mature to fruit since. :barnie...

In answer to the question in the title - Yes, we have thought of it and we know we are a long way from it. I will say that we had a very good chance to test our self-sufficiency skills beginning on September 24, 2005 - the day Hurricane Rita came ashore less than 20 miles from our home. The...

Great idea - although I must confess - Easy Garden and BYC are at the top of my Favorite Places index Brenda

For flowers, how about sunflowers and marigolds - you could harvest the seeds for the next crop of students. For veggies, cherry tomatoes -fast growers so they can munch on the 'fruits' of their labor.

wow - I'm going to try your oven canning process this year - lots less work! Thanks for sharing that one!!! :coolsun Brenda

Of course we will keep you in our prayers - may God bless your family. Brenda and Randy

That's where I got my dogwood, redbud and crepe myrtle trees 3 years ago! I love those 'freebies' :D

Most of my preserving is done by canning. tomatoes, whole tomatoes, stewed okra and tomatoes banana peppers (like hot pepper sauce) green tomato relish (yummy) Frozen - bell pepper slices banana pepper slices (had lots and lots of banana peppers this year) And we made...

Some of my favorites: Wheelbarrow Sharp Shovel Buckets with handles Weed puller - see the picture in this link http://www.yardbutlerstore.com/catalog/images/TNT-4.jpg

Pat - sorry to hijack your post! I don't have a recommendation because I only use the one book - (and my journals from previous years) ..sorry :idunno maybe you could see if they make this book for your area? Authors Dale Groom and Dan Gill from Cool Springs Press Southern: We bought our 5...

Still blooming: Yellow jasmine, red roses and Joseph's Coat roses

We get rid of pesky bushes and small tree volunteers by: * cut the roots back and dig out around the root area about 4-5 inches * prepare 3-4 cups of boiling water with 1/2 cup of salt and 1 tablespoon of red pepper * pour directly onto freshly cut root area Works every time for us -...

HA! I use my Month-By-Month Gardening in Texas (by Groom & Gill) faithfully! I love that book :love Brenda

No, unfortunately chickens don't eat fireants - the only way we can control them is through the use of Amdro or Spectracide - then they mostly just move around because it never really kills all of them. The Chinese tallow is a fast-growing weedy tree that is on the Texas Toxic plant list - they...

Had the chicken tractors working some soil in one edge of the garden and getting ready to put my onion plants in the ground tomorrow - yippee!! :tools

No - just put the bulbs in a brown paper bag - no soil - and they are dormant while they cool off. Then re-plant in February for spring flowers. We've had to do that several times with my mom's prized Easter Lillies during some really warm winters. Brenda

Hey Linda - saw your beautiful pictures! Reminded me of my one and only trip there - thanks for sharing! :happy_flower