This year, our tenth in Texas, we decided to spend a small, quiet Christmas in Austin instead of making the 1200 mile drive to Chicago . No...

T his post is a few minutes late for December 15th, the date chosen by May Dreams Carol for Garden Bloggers Bloom Day. It's no longer A...

Even though the Brugmansia went from still-in-bloom last Thursday afternoon To crisped and frostbitten by Monday afternoon Even though the B...

T he unplanted bulbs and falling leaves will keep for another day! Last year I wrote a Christmas song for Roots In Austin , using my power ...