by Alice Liles | Dec 4, 2022 | Bright Lights
One time years ago when grandson Colten was younger and we were talking, somewhere in the conversation I made the comment that whatever it was we were talking about would give him a leg up. A leg up. What? He didn’t have a clue what I was talking about. So I explained...
by Alice Liles | Nov 16, 2022 | Cactus Are Cool
I have an Agave Ovatafolia, commonly referred to as a whale’s tongue agave, that I bought in Austin at least ten years ago. I was told it was cold-hardy, so I planted it in the cactus bed, and for the first three or so years didn’t bother to give it any...
by Alice Liles | Nov 8, 2022 | Cactus Are Cool
I told you about the melocactus I brought home from the TACSS meeting in Austin this October. I also came home with a new agave, the one commonly known as the white rhino, and the one a website labeled “Arguably the most coveted novelty of the genus.”Well! I had no...
by Alice Liles | Nov 3, 2022 | Cactus Are Cool
I came home from this year’s Texas Association of Cactus and Succulent Societies (TACSS) seminar with a Melocactus Salvadorensis, the first melocactus I have added to my collection. Native to Mexico, the Caribbean, Central America, and northern South America, this is...
by Alice Liles | Oct 31, 2022 | Bright Lights
The Muleshoe Heritage Foundation and the Muleshoe Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture invited everyone to the Heritage Center Sunday night for fun, food, and a chance to dress up as someone or something else for the night. And did they ever! So many activities were...
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