We’re making progress on the farm. The rain has let up some and we are hoping to accomplish a good bit this morning. This is a short clip about a few of the things that are blooming right now. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eq_Rq7MWppc]

I went looking for a yellow mushroom today that I saw last week. I wanted to take a picture when I saw it, but as always I was in a hurry to be some where. Today it was gone. I looked everywhere for another one. My travels across the farm, down through the woods, a [...]

All of our Crinum ‘Rose Parade’ bulbs are beginning to bloom. They are a dark colored, free flowering hybrid worthy of being grown in any garden (climate permitting). I would have taken more pictures, but by the time I arrived home yesterday evening I was wiped and I had guests. Here is a photo from [...]

The sand I was working with began to darken. It became heavier and started to stick together. Then it started to stick to me and my shovel. I looked up and my evening had come prematurely, as I saw the sky darkening. The heavy clouds were determined in their movements to fully envelope the sky. [...]

First I am going to write about the other Crinum bulbs I mentioned, and then I will give mention to ever exciting events around here.We still have Crinum jagus blooming. Ours is a variety handed down to us by one of the authorities on Crinum in the South, and we were given it as Crinum [...]

We have been receiving a lot of rain and our crinum lilies love it. First let me mention the crinum ‘Carroll Abbott.’ For one thing, I always remember how to spell it because all of the consonants are doubled. Another characteristic that will forever remain with me is that it is one of the darkest, [...]

This picture on top is of a Hymenocallis ‘Tropical Giant.’ I am going to write more on it tomorrow, but it was in perfect form yesterday evening and this morning. Just so you have some basics before I write about Hymenocallis, there are many different varieties, one of which is native to Texas and seen [...]

It was a busy week at Southern Bulb as we continue to harvest on the farm. I wrapped up my activities on Thursday early and headed to Ft. Worth to catch a flight the next day for my old home in Bakersfield, California for a wedding. It will be a quick trip because there is [...]