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First time back since the death of Little John and things are worse here than they were back then. I met Joel, a young man who is trying...

Lower Madero Walkway Well, it is summertime again and I am up and outdoors at 7:00 a.m. as is my habit on nice days and this is one (all but the mosquitoes). Some new things and some expected run ins with

I Planted on Chili Plant And I got five chili peppers so far. One (the cover) just went into a batch of Chili for a friend who was missing the wonderful stew while in Argentina. Remember the little flowers

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I noticed some green shoots coming out from the lower portion of the stick, also known as the trunk, and I do believe it has changed gears..

Here's the newest member of the carnivorous plant family. I'm actually not sure what kind of plant this is as of yet because it's so so small. I have put seed in the fountain several times this year and

I had my head in the clouds the other day and while watching the white fluffy things, that happened to look down and saw a mushroom. Here's a fabulous profile picture in case this guy ever gets arrested.

From this... ... to this in just 9 days! You can check my posts and see that only nine days ago, I made a post wondering how I can best pollinate these to get lots of chilipeppers out of the soil. Here

Just Look Closer I was watering my plants and washing out the pan that they sit in. I look and there are little green spots off to the side f many of my plants. This surprised me at first but then I remember

This is my first flower that appeared today on the Red Hot Chili Pepper plant. I grew this one from a nice batch of Chili Peppers I had bought some time ago. I now see that there are at least 20 new buds

Hey! Thanks for stopping in and checking on my Spider Venus Fly Trap today. Here's a picture of the plant as it stands today with a few new traps some of the old ones getting black. And here's the plant

Today's post is an update on recently purchased carnivorous plants. This one is a Drosera Filaformis which attracts insects to itself and when they land on these long leaves they are stuck because the

Here is my latest picture of the Venus flytrap B-52 Here is the newest and smallest of the new leaves coming in. So small and tender. Here is its Big brother starting to raise its neck. Each trap that

En contacto con la naturaleza

This is the trolley handle for walking the wheel around town. It is necessary to transport the machine in places when they won't let you ride. This one has a 20-inch tyre made for off-road. That is 2 inches

Snap Happy Thanksgiving I went a bit snap happy while watering the plants. My biggest drosera has 12 flowers open today. I counted them and wanted a picture that you could count too, but they cannot all

Flashback Remember when I told you how to handle "these little suckers"? I had promised an update and here it is! Yes, they are really called "suckers" and they grow in the crook of

Carnivorous plants and their flowers. A lot of you know about my obsession with these kinds of rare plants. It is spring here and they are all in bloom already. Sometimes I wonder if this plant wants to

Purple Pleasure I bought these planning to attract more bees to my tomato and cucumber flowers. Up until now, I have been hand pollinating them twice per day. I think it is working because I see more bees

A popular city tree in San Telmo When they redid the roads here, I noticed that they had designed a little grate and pot into the sidewalks. I was passing by and saw what they had planned for these streets.