Tag Archives: road trip

I get by with a little hemp from my friends

Posted on April 30, 2012 by

One of the greatest gifts I’ve yet received in the past ten years is the collection of friends, cohorts, and interested bystanders gathered together through a mutual love of plants. I get calls and E-mail at all hours, asking “Do … Continue reading →

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Garden shows in the Home of Happiness

Posted on February 28, 2012 by

I haven’t had any reason to visit Denton, home of the University of North Texas Flying Worms, since my best friend moved back to Dallas a decade ago while fleeing a hipster infestation. After reading about next April’s Redbud Festival, … Continue reading →

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Plans for Next Year: The Arlington NARBC

Posted on February 23, 2012 by

It all started innocently enough. It started as a request from very old and dear friends Martin and Jen, asking for advice on a frog enclosure. Jen is a bit of a frog enthusiast, so in the midst of a … Continue reading →

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Ensuring marital bliss, one aneurysm at a time

Posted on January 20, 2012 by

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 →

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I’m living in my own private Tanelorn

Posted on January 11, 2012 by

As far as the Czarina is concerned, Chinese New Year celebrations outshine those for the Gregorian New Year, so she’s making extensive plans for the upcoming holiday. I don’t give her any grief, considering my annual outpouring of ancestral patriotism, … Continue reading →

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Next season, on “The Texas Triffid Ranch”…

Posted on November 28, 2011 by

As of Saturday night, the official Triffid Ranch show season ended for the year. This doesn’t mean that individual events and opportunities won’t open up between now and December 31, or that folks in the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex can’t order … Continue reading →

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Triffid Ranch events: MetroPCS Fair Park Holiday

Posted on November 23, 2011 by

For the most part, this weekend is the one I recommend as Dormancy Day for anyone keeping temperate-climate carnivorous plants in North Texas. Temperate carnivores, particularly Venus flytraps and Sarracenia pitcher plants, are already battening down for the winter, and … Continue reading →

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Discovery Days: The Final Assessment

Posted on November 9, 2011 by

Last weekend, the folks at the Museum of Nature & Science in Fair Park were considerate enough to invite the Triffid Ranch to display plants at its regular Discovery Days event on reptiles and other critters. This year, the “other … Continue reading →

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Things To Do In Cleburne When You’re Dead

Posted on October 19, 2011 by

Just as an aside for those living in the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex or who plan to visit this weekend. Yes, I know that Arlington is going to resemble the Atlanta scenes from The Walking Dead on Saturday. Yes, I know … Continue reading →

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Gardening across the Pond

Posted on October 11, 2011 by

I live in a city that’s relatively bereft of tourist sensations. That’s not to say that Dallas doesn’t have a lot of reasons to visit. It’s just that most of us learned a long time ago that you have to … Continue reading →

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