Monthly Archives: May 2011

Personal interlude

Posted on May 30, 2011 by

North Texas is not a good place to get sick, and the end of May is a good time if you really feel like taking out your nasal passages with muriatic acid and ice picks. It’s bad enough that the … Continue reading →

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Have a great weekend

Posted on May 27, 2011 by

Because it’s been that sort of week…

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Consume mass quantities

Posted on May 26, 2011 by

Another quick posting, and then once more unto the breach, once more. Friends and family already know that the FarmTek catalog is my favorite horticulture porn these days, and the crew over there is offering a special for Facebook fans. … Continue reading →

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The Triffid Ranch in the news

Posted on May 26, 2011 by

A quick interlude before getting back to the Day Job: 2011 must be the year for television interviews. I had one last April (airdate in progress), and I just received a query about another one for this next week. Details … Continue reading →

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Gnomes vs. flamingos: the war continues

Posted on May 25, 2011 by

I see that the garden gnome/plastic flamingo war picked up a bit. I guess the gnomes couldn’t figure out what “Phase 2” was.

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Put a little outhouse in your soul

Posted on May 24, 2011 by

Every year for our wedding anniversary, the Czarina and I watch television. Well, let me rephrase that. At that time, we simply watch television. We’re not arrogant anti-television snobs who sniff at the idea of watching anything on the “idiot … Continue reading →

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The Liveliest Awfulness of dessert

Posted on May 24, 2011 by

On a sideline, I’ve been working on additional recipes using Buddha’s Hand citron, also known as “Cthulhufruit“. I’ve learned several very valuable lessons from one such experiment conducted this weekend: Numero Uno: Soaking sliced Cthulhufruit in good vodka (I highly … Continue reading →

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“The garden hooligans are loose!”

Posted on May 23, 2011 by

Of particular note in the news from the RHS Chelsea Flower Show is that Dame Helen Mirren has a new Nepenthes cultivar (of the hybrid Nepenthes spathulata x spectabilis) named after her, courtesy of Borneo Exotics. This, of course, goes … Continue reading →

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“No tears, please. It’s a waste of good suffering.”

Posted on May 21, 2011 by

As an aside, an otherwise dreadful week was made immeasurably better by the arrival of a new package on Thursday. My personal collection of carnivorous plants is now enhanced with my very own Nepenthes hamata from Sarracenia Northwest. Having just … Continue reading →

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“You have two choices. You can weed, or you can fight.”

Posted on May 21, 2011 by

A bystander for Billy Goodnick’s Crimes Against Horticulture: When Bad taste Meets Power Tools Facebook page brought up the Web site Plant Amnesty. I can’t complain about the sentiment, but after years of watching crape myrtles get coppiced half to … Continue reading →

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