Archive for March, 2010

 

Posted by adminMarch 31st, 2010

A Summer Hobby

In the long hot afternoons of midsummer, -why not employ the time pleasantly and profitably by making up items for charm strings or table displays. This is a good time to use up odds and ends of lacquer and bright paint. It will dry quickly and the various articles will be ready to assemble for [...]

Posted by adminMarch 30th, 2010

Centaures Americanus

As we drove through northern Texas one June before the war, I was charmed with a beautiful flower I had never seen before. It grew by the roadsides and in the fields from three to six feet tall, with solitary thistle-like flowers of a deep rose color and from three to five inches across. It [...]

Posted by adminMarch 6th, 2010

Climbing Roses

Climbing roses include all varieties that produce long cane growth and require some sort of support to hold the plants up off the ground. They are often trained on fences or trellises, and some are used to cover banks and aid in holding the soil in place. Climbing roses are rather hardy. The Ramblers – [...]