
Christmas snow! We make things “big” in Texas!
Christmas snow! We make things “big” in Texas!
We have had apricots in our orchard for enough years to be accustomed to freezing weather in the spring after the trees have budded out. It happens rather routinely here on the High Plains. We quite frequently will have peaches, but we don’t get a crop of apricots many years. The reason is that the…
Hey, there is a blog on the Whole Foods web site up today about organic peanutbutter. It also has a picture of a real hunk of a guy. The really good looking one on the right. That one is My Honey. The other two are sons. They are poseing in front of a big pile…
Well, this is what Groundhog Day looked like yesterday in our neck of the woods. Pretty foggy all day. I wonder if that will mean an early spring or not? I didn’t even see any groundhogs out at all. We don’t really mind either way. Just as long as when it warms up it stays…
Cross Timbers Winery in Grapevine just hosted a gathering of winemakers and winegrowers from across the state of Texas for a working discussion time. I started out this post thinking of “thanking” Cross Timbers in some way for hosting the event yesterday. I didn’t get to make it to this meeting, but I am sure…
I know you might rather see vineyard pictures, but here is an update on the swallows: babies in the nest at the front porch. Yes, I was cleaning the bird poop from off the patio at the front door. And yes, we were having company for dinner last night. I looked up, and what did I see,…