We knew the cold weather was just around the corner and it was! Rebecca and I had our first fire in the cabin, and it resulted in me smoking the cabin out. The cold front hit on Monday in Dallas at 10AM. I know, because when I left the farm early that morning for my [...]
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Following The Bulb Hunter
Autumn at the Southern Bulb Farm triggers a lot of things. Chris especially kicks himself into high gear for a busy, exciting time, and me well, I just hang in for the ride trying my best to keep up. Fall signals gorgeous Texas temperatures, fall sales for spring blooming bulbs, last minute harvesting, shipping and [...]
Chris Speaks
One of the many perks of working alongside the Bulb Hunter is traveling to some pretty interesting sites! Chris’ speaking engagements have taken us to the Houston area, Dallas, Ft Worth, Weatherford, and San Antonio areas this season so far. Our destination this last weekend was the State Fair of Texas in Dallas where Chris [...]
Neighborly Spiders, Red Spiders That Is
Yesterday afternoon was the end of a long day of paperwork and answering e-mails. When I went to the small engine shop in Mineola to pick up some repairs, I was delighted to see a patch of lycoris radiata blooming at an old home just down the road. Arriving back at the cabin, I contemplated [...]
Bulbs and Buddies
Chris and I loaded up both the truck and trailer with crinums, narcissus, rain lilies and more last week and headed for Tomball for “Bulbs and Buddies” bash at The Arbor Gate. With so much cargo we rode squished next to each other in the truck’s cab. Must have made a comical sight because a [...]
West Yellowstone, MT
Call me crazy, but I am just a little excited about our hotel room windows being wide open. The weather here in West Yellowstone, MT feels like a Texas cold front just blew through dipping down into the 40′s at night. Our business travels have taken us further out West introducing me to the beautiful [...]
Should I Send the Newsletter Anyways?
I had the most amazing response to my newsletter, and I have a question posted below, but first here is a quick update from Southern Bulb: Last night, the final e-mail I saw before going to bed was that our fall product pages had gone a little haywire (a.k.a. there was no way a customer [...]
West Yellowstone, here we come!
We are still on our week long trip through the West leaving Denver and heading up to West Yellowstone. I am very glad that we are escaping the heat right now. The bulbs might do fine, but I don’t always fare so well. Erin, my sister-in-law, sent me this picture of the barn cat in [...]
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