Cotton Now Comes in Rounds

During cotton-stripping time, these bright yellow bales starting popping up at the gins, outnumbering the conventional cotton modules we have all come to expect. Since I had written about the cotton modules earlier (“Cotton-Stripping Time in West Texas,” November 9,...

Echeveria Harmsii

Echeveria harmsii, also called plush plant, is another succulent from Mexico. Obviously succulents like the warm climate in Mexico; so many of them are from there! But how nice that they are here now so that we can also enjoy them. Echeveria harmsii a popular...

Goodbye to Poopie Cat; 1999-2015

Poopie came to live with us when Colten came to live with us so he could finish high school in Muleshoe. She had been a part of his life since he was five years old. Then when Colten left for college, I was his stand-in. So I felt like she was my cat, too. She was...

Another Echeveria

Not much blooming in the greenhouse right now, but this unidentified echeveria brightened up the place. Most of my echeverias have pinkish flowers, so this one is a color change. Most of the others also have their flowers on a long single stem, and these are clustered...