This morning we had a visitor. I always say “we”. What I really mean is “me”. If there comes a day when I continually say “we”, please somebody stop me. When I say “we” and it’s truthfully just “me”, well, I’m either lying, or I am referring to the bulbs and myself. Either way, it [...]

Elephant ears are now being watered.One word-happiness.

Today in the field we get into the thick of it! Time to drink lots of water. Philippine lilies (Lilium formosanum) around the state are blooming. This picture of nice, perfected Philippine lilies is from a top horticulturist cottage home near Houston. The one below that is of one of my Philippine lilies that has [...]

We received a little rain last night (0.04 inches and are thankful for it), but the clouds would not open up and give us the amount of water that we really wanted or needed to revive the land. We remain dry. Here is a nice picture of today’s sun! The Byzantines are selling fast, as [...]

It was another day of harvest and clean up around the farm, with a fresh batch of Byzantine gladiolus corms coming in. Perhaps really the only exciting thing to happen was the killing of the brown recluse that was hiding in a box I had in storage. I posted the picture in case any body [...]

So far July 9 and July 13th are the only days that we have had rain here. Yes, we are in the middle of harvest, but we could use some rain. That is especially true for our elephant ears, which unfortunately have suffered severely. I have changed my mind on what I said about rain [...]

The harvest continues with more Byzantine glads. It’s going to be 103 on Monday! We could use some rain. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDOuMmjHBfE]

Another 104 Byzantine gladiolus are out of the ground. The moon was blood red coming up over the field last night. I do not believe the picture fully captured it. The sun rise was fiery red coming up this morning.And in case your wandering how a bulb farm looks in the summer (minus the crinums [...]