Author: Keith Kridler, Texas

Betty Ferrell and her petunias

Here are shots of two different named varieties of day lily beds, they have four different beds of named ones and then the old fashioned ones from the 70’s and 80’s and a large area with seedlings that they grew…

Companion planting for daffodils

Plant lovers Joe and Betty Ferrell have an entire botanical garden surrounding their home. Here in East Texas this past week temperatures are scorching at 100*F daily or 38*C with hot dry winds ripping along at 25 MPH. Daffodils have…

LESS work for Ben and Nancy not more!

I personally have 622 un-read daffnet messages right now “saved” on my computer. We would ALL have to chip in and HIRE people to go through and inspect EVERY photo and double check EVERY name. Then go through and create…

Storms and wildfires

Mt. Pleasant, Texas sits on a ridge between two small river systems that flow west to east and severe storms seem to split up and flow along these river bottoms/flood plains most of the time. There is only about 100…