Leelu

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Bluebonnets are all gone! Season is over!!
I am glad that I harvested before it got too hot to do so! I'm trying out paper lunch sacks this time. I just took the whole seedpod portions of the flower spikes. I'll be ready come August/September....
14 years ago
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Summer Heat Got You Down?
We have had barely any rain for 30 days and are under a fire ban here in my area! The heat index makes it feel like it's over 100 F for the last few weeks. I thought that I would try to add a few ideas to fight that heat! Here are some for you to consider: PREHYDRATE! Drink a whole cup of water bef
15 years ago
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Lego a day... for a year blog
This is a cool lego(c) blog!
15 years ago
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Spring is in the air!
March is Women's History Month; has the first day of spring; has National Read Across America Day.April is National Kite Flying month; Autism Awarenes month; Holocaust Remembrance month; National Poetry Month; has April Fool's Day; National Library Week; Daylight Savings Time; Earth Day; has Easter/
15 years ago
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Libraries and Gardens for All!
Do you enjoy reading and gardening? I sure do! I hope that you can try it out if you don't!! I can't say that I will post often, but hope that you will check out my links below... Check out some of my garden faves: <a rel="nofollow" title="texas native plants" href="http://uvalde.tamu.edu/herbarium/" target="_blank">Native Plants of Texas [TAMU]</a> <a rel="nofollow" title="university of texas plant images" href="http://www.sbs.utexas.edu/bio406d/PlantPics_archive.htm" target="_blank">UT Texas Plant Image Archive</a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.picktexas.com/hort/plants/sstar_plant_over.htm" target="_blank">Texas Department of Agriculture [TAMU] Super Star Plants</a> <a rel="nofollow" title="texas plants" href="http://www.plantsfortexas.com/index2.html" target="_blank">Plants for Texas</a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.noble.org/webapps/plantimagegallery/" target="_blank">Noble Foundation </a> <a rel="nofollow" title="garden forums, information, etc." href="http://www.gardenweb.com" target="_blank">Garden Web</a> <a rel="nofollow" title="Home and Garden Television" href="http://www.hgtv.com" target="_blank">HGTV</a> <a rel="nofollow" title="DIY network do it yourself projects" href="http://www.diynetwork.com" target="_blank">DIY </a> Check out some of my library faves: <a rel="nofollow" title="Texas Library Association homepage of Texas Reading Lists and more" href="http://www.txla.org" target="_blank">Texas Library Association</a> <a rel="nofollow" title="Houston Area Library System" href="http://www.hals.lib.tx.us/" target="_blank">HALS </a> <a rel="nofollow" title="Brazoria County Library System" href="http://bcls.lib.tx.us" target="_blank">Brazoria County Library System</a> <a rel="nofollow" title="Public libraries in Harris County" href="http://www.hcpl.net/" target="_blank">Harris County Library System</a> <a rel="nofollow" title="City of Houston public libraries" href="http://www.hpl.lib.tx.us/" target="_blank">Houston Public Library System</a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.ipl.org" target="_blank">Internet Public Library </a> <a rel="nofollow" title="landforms of Texas" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_Coast_of_the_United_States" target="_blank">Southeast Texas Gulf Coastal Plains</a> This area is full of basic (opposite of acidic) heavy, black <a rel="nofollow" title="type of heavy soil that needs ammending" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clay" target="_blank">clay</a> soils called "<a rel="nofollow" title="gumbo the food" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gumbo" target="_blank">gumbo</a> clay" but is actually <a rel="nofollow" title="wiki definition" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montmorillonite" target="_blank">Montmorillonite</a> clay. It can be quite difficult to work with unless you ammend the soil. I mostly use the following: <ul> <li> soil sulfur </li> <li>organic humus </li> <li>organic peat </li> <li>shredded mulch (I like cedar) </li> <li>raw vegetable scraps (no seeds) </li> <li> <a rel="nofollow" title="good gardening products" href="http://www.gardensalive.com" target="_blank">Gardens Alive!</a> products </li> </ul>Plants that do well here that I like: <ul> <li>anything that is full sun, heat, drought, & humidity tolerant </li> <li>daylilies </li> <li>irises </li> <li>rain lilies </li> <li>gladiloli </li> <li>freesias </li> <li>lorepetalum </li> <li>gardenias </li> <li>some roses </li> <li>hibiscus </li> <li>vitex </li> <li>pine trees </li> <li>oak trees </li> <li>variegated chinese privet </li> <li>tall grasses: purple fountain, etc. </li> <li>bamboo </li> <li>elm trees </li> <li>pansies </li> <li>lupinus texensis </li> <li>sunflowers </li> <li>zinnias </li> <li>bananas </li> <li>gingers </li> <li>tube roses </li> <li>aloes </li> <li>foxtail ferns </li> <li>elephant ears </li> <li>society garlic </li> <li>spinach </li> <li>tomatoes </li> <li>onions </li> <li>potatoes </li> <li>berries: strawberry, blackberry, and some others </li> <li>poppies </li> <li>other lilies </li> <li>many flowering vines </li> <li>salvias </li> <li>coleus </li> <li>lambs ear </li> <li>daffodils </li> <li>liriope </li> <li>amaryllis </li> <li>bird of paradise </li> <li>daisies </li> <li>many wildflowers </li> </ul>
15 years ago

Leelu

Bluebonnets are all gone! Season is over!!

Summer Heat Got You Down?

Lego a day... for a year blog

Spring is in the air!

Libraries and Gardens for All!