Try Silky Thread Grass in Your Xeriscape Garden

by | Aug 19, 2016 | Cactus Are Cool

You may not have a cactus garden, but you might be wanting to do more xeriscaping in your garden, and if so, you might consider adding some Mexican feather grass, also called silky thread grass. I started out with some of this grass in a bed between the house and the...

The Birdhouses

by | Aug 12, 2016 | Cactus Are Cool

Back before Bill created the grain elevator, I came up with the bright idea that we could throw together some birdhouses for the cactus garden. When I would see them for sale, all cute and little and rustic and decorated, upon closer inspection I would notice they...

Grain Elevator in Miniature

by | Aug 6, 2016 | Cactus Are Cool

My husband surprised me with this, his very own idea, his very own creation, a grain elevator for my cactus garden. He casually went about building it during the cold of the winter months when there was nothing to work on outside and when I wasn’t in and out of his...

Stapelia Lepida Seeds

by | Jul 22, 2016 | Cactus Are Cool

One of my favorite plants is the stapelia lepida that I think I have shared with you before. But the flower is so intricate it is worth sharing again. Every year it blooms, and every year I take yet another picture of that amazing flower, this one blooming in ...

Cactus Sunburn, Too

by | Jul 15, 2016 | Cactus Are Cool

I was so focused on telling you the perils of too much sun on succulents last week that I really didn’t talk much about the effects of too much sun on cactus in particular. They, too, can be damaged in heat like we are experiencing now. The sun may be more intense in...