Who, Where, and Why
Who: The Texas Triffid Ranch is a very small nursery specializing in carnivorous, prehistoric, and otherwise exotic plants.
Where: As the name implies, the Triffid Ranch is based in Dallas, Texas. http://www.txtriffidranch.com for details.
Why: I used to be a professional writer, but then I got better, and the plants are a major factor in this.-
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Monthly Archives: January 2012
Have a great weekend
Yeah, this one hurts with every laugh, all right:
Posted in Have A Great Weekend
Tagged have a great weekend
Things to do in Dallas when you’re dead
A quick note due to various obligations, but let’s just say that the next few weeks promise a reprieve from winter blues if you live in the Dallas area. And if you don’t, what’s stopping you from moving in? Anyway, … Continue reading
Review: Vanilla Orchids by Ken Cameron
(A bit of context. This blog features regular reviews of books, horticultural products, and interesting related items, under this proviso. All items reviewed will be purchased by the reviewer in advance, at full retail price, in order to prevent any … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews
Tagged Books, green harlots, ken cameron, orchids, reviews, vanilla orchids
Ensuring marital bliss, one aneurysm at a time
The end of January, particularly this January, can be the most cruel of times for Texas gardeners. The wild fluctuations in temperature and humidity, one day below freezing and the next too warm for jackets, tempt even the most wizened … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged Czarina, Dark Gardening, dinosaurs, evil experimentation, road trip, statuary
Review: The Evening Garden by Peter Loewer
(A bit of context. This blog features regular reviews of books, horticultural products, and interesting related items, under this proviso. All items reviewed will be purchased by the reviewer in advance, at full retail price, in order to prevent any … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews
Tagged blueberries, Books, Dark Gardening, moon gardens, Peter Loewer, Projects, reviews
I get by with a little hemp from my friends
It’s been an interesting week, so I have no excuses as to why I forgot to pass on Black Walnut Dispatch‘s discovery of an essential horticultural tool. In fact, with a little promotion, this might be the biggest thing since … Continue reading
The definition of insanity
Okay, so last year’s seed experimentation didn’t work quite as well as I’d thought. Of course, you try predicting a “drought of record” back last January. Looking at the list of floral experiments from 2011, and it’s only slightly less … Continue reading
Posted in Projects
Tagged evil experimentation, green harlots, Projects, Roridula dentata
Render unto Rick Perry what is Rick Perry’s
The Christmas decorations are finally put up. The trees were hauled off during Large Trash Day two weeks ago. The grocery stores are full of Valentine’s Day candy. Dallas fluctuates between just-about-freezing north winds and warm, humid south winds that … Continue reading
Back to the linen mines
I’ve said before that I was goth back when the term still referred to Germanic tribes overrunning the Roman Empire, and it shouldn’t be any surprise that I’ve had lots of interesting dark gardening ideas running through my head for … Continue reading
Posted in Publishing
Tagged Carpe Nocturne, Dark Gardening, magazines, Projects, Turner Van Blarcum
