My Life Among the Lithops (and Other Strange Plants)

I'm waiting for my improved and repaired computer to come home, so I can blog properly again! This was not my chosen way to take a vacat...

Yep, my computer crashed. I'm working on it and I'll be back with new posts as soon as I am technically able.

I can't believe it yet, but my Russian Sunflowers are actually blooming on a sand dune. My sand dune! Sunflowers need so much water ...

Opuntia papyracantha, Tephrocactus articulatus I've never found a cactus with so many names before. You can see the two main ones u...

Anyone who grows Lithops knows they are not "easy care" plants! They really do have their unique ways, an unusual growth cycle, an...

Hurray for weekends without hurricanes or tropical storms! We all came through just fine, and TS Andrea is now roiling around somewhere near...

We are getting hit with fast-moving Tropical Storm Andrea today. It spun up very fast last night in the Gulf of Mexico and is now crossing F...