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The History of Growing Wildseed
The picture above is one of the many plants that is adapted to this area. I noticed it while looking for a patch of Paper Flower that would be large enough to cut for seed. Many times nature will...
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Those Tough Spring Flowers
This Bladder Pod has been blooming long enough to have set seed right under this bright yellow bloom. It is always one of the earliest blooming Wildflower in this area. This Dalea bush is one-off the...
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Its Not All Bad
The wind started blowing this morning like it is going to be one of those that you get inside early and keep your head down. That really doesn’t stop the sand, but it helps you not to dwell on it too...
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Wildflowers Even In Tough Times
I was out looking at our next place we were going to plant CRP this morning and noticed a little color showing up in the roadside ditch. The wind was blowing enough to make you not want to get out, but...
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Casting A Long Shadow
I have started walking agin early in the morning and noticed how long my shadow is. It makes you look ten feet tall, but you know your not. Having the camera along I thought it might make for a...
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Things That West Texas Can Be Thankful Over
We are always grateful for any kind of moisture that falls in this area, but a snowstorm is the best. It seems to enrich the land and the slow melt keeps the moisture from running off. Seeds that have...
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A Drought Tolerant Ground Cover
Prostate Vervain is one of the most drought tolerant Wildflowers that grows on the High Plains of Texas. It is not very showy unless you have really good eyes, but it will live and grow during the...
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A Brother Remembered On Memorial Day
My Brother “Butch” Earnest Lynn Tucker, passed away a few years ago. I have fond memories of when we were kids and he was the big Brother, I followed him around always wanting to be part of that older...
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WhatThe Big Rain Brought Along With It
This past week we celebrated and shared with each other the amount of rain we got. This time everyone seemed to have enough to start a crop. I was walking out to the garden a week after the rain had...
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The Old Kenley Place Wildflowers
Last week we planted a place to the CRP that was familiar to me and my family. It was the house the Sandra and Eliane Kenely grew up in. Now before you say anything about how old it looks, most of the...
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