Keith Kridler Mt. Pleasant, Texas 100 miles east of Dallas. We have sandy loam to heavy red clay soils about winter planting zone 8. Elevation above sea level 333 feet to 370 feet or just over 100 meters above sea level…
Category: Soil
Discussions about the impact some agents have on soil as well as soil composition.
climate
Dave Luditch and Peter are both correct. Peter is correct when he says that the whole of New Zealand is considered to be a temperate climate. Dave is correct when he suggests variations within that. The Waikato and Taranaki where Peter…
moving water
Most of the rain water that hits our street drains down past the big drift of Sweetness I sent a picture of a couple of days ago. You can see it very well in this picture but the main drift…
n. Obvalaris
One way to make your blooms seem taller is to take your pictures with the camera sitting on the ground looking up at the flowers. A few days ago some one posted a picture of what they thought was Tete-a-tete.…
A few Sweetness in bloom
Not a really good picture but I overexposed it a little to show the Sweetness that is planted on the north side of the pine tree where the soil is shaded is coming into bloom about a week before the…
De-husking dried daffodils
In the past I built flat trays with 2″x4″ framing lumber sides with the 1/2″ (1.27 CM) mesh “hardware cloth” wire bottoms. It is a hot dipped galvanized zinc coated wire mesh. Dump your bulbs in these trays and the dirt and…