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My elephant ears have produced at least two blooms in recent weeks. I wasn't aware that elephant ears would bloom until these appeared (a nice surprise!).

Fun time with a good discussion on our online book club this month.

We saw so many new and familiar plants on our trip to Texas. Here are three of them.

Our first group tour in over 19 months. It felt good to be traveling together again.

Garlic is steeped in legend and has a long history. It is one of the oldest known food flavorings, and it is a culinary staple in many kitchens. Growing garl...

We have a stand of three 20-year-old Savannah hollies in our backyard. Over the past month or so, the leaves of the one on the left have started turning yell...

In celebration of 40 years of the Arkansas 4-H center, a great celebration took place this week.

A new plant for me this week!

Is this a seed pod on my Angel's Trumpet? The plant is still small but it has had two beautiful white blooms since being planted a couple of months ago.

Some fun annual plants this week.

A shorter book for our discussion today.

We found these beautiful flowers in Maine this summer; can you identify them for us?

We finally got a taste of fall weather, with crisp, clear blue skies and sunny days with cool nights. It warmed back up a bit for a few days, but we can all ...

Zooming is now a part of everyday life. While the technology was used before covid, since covid, it has become quite commonplace--too bad I didn't buy stock.