Copiapoas and the Atacama Desert

Copiapoas are a special cacti that live in Chile on practically no water, grow slowly, and are in danger of being poached out of existence. I happen to have some that weren't poached, and they have been blooming for me. Copiapoas are native to the Atacama desert in...

I Have a New Xeriscaped Front Yard!

The drought and time had done a number on my yard and on the honey locust trees that had given me more beans that I could say grace over. They didn't look good. When we had that rain back in June, the yard was green for a while, but it was nothing but careless weeds...

The Muleshoe Time Capsule now has a Marker

Rumor has it that fifteen, maybe twenty years ago, a time capsule was buried at the Muleshoe Heritage Center. No one got around to marking the spot at the time. Then, as time passed, apparently it was forgotten about and eventually the person or persons who buried it...