September Speaking Schedule
Happy Thursday! Just wanted to give everyone a heads up on Chris’ speaking engagements that are open to the public this month! – Saturday, September 14, 10:00AM Tomball, TX– Bulbs and Buddies – The Arbor Gate The Arbor Gate’s Bulbs and buddies event kicks off at 10AM with a seminar presented by Chris and Heidi Sheesley […]
All The Crinums Are Blooming
The rain really has the crinums blooming on the farm for another spectacular round. We haven’t seen a great second bloom out of Crinum ‘Bradley’ but the milk and wine lilies (Crinum x herbertii) and ‘Carol Abbott’ bulbs are all on their 3rd bloom! Of course, the ‘Ellen Bosanquet’ bulbs, which are in their prime […]
Something Was Staring At Me
We had dinner tonight at a couple’s house with the last name Ball–they’re originally from Mississippi and their house was filled with interesting old pieces from the small town where they worked and grew up. When I walked into one room, I felt like something was staring at me…sure enough, there were a lot of […]
Eggplants and Katydids
This week I found myself in a garden of a friend that was filled with eggplant (Solanum melongena). He took the time to harvest some! There were a lot and now we’re trying to figure out what to do with them all. Today this fellow landed on my truck. Amazing how a katydid can actually […]
Alpine Bulbs
I’ve read some about Alpine bulbs, but not near enough to know what I was looking at today. It has a yellow flower and almost appears to be an orchid of some type. They filled random clearings with their charming yellow blooms. We came across them at about 10,000 feet. Of course, there happened to […]
Can you guess where these gardens are?
I’m afraid this is the week of short blog posts! After scurrying around the farm this morning, poking a hole in my nice slacks with some wire, and getting some last-minute orders shipped out, Rebecca and I ran to the airport in Dallas to catch a flight to visit my brother.
How Many Grasshoppers Can You Count
How many grasshoppers can you count on this one stalk of crinum blooms?! Our milk and wine lilies continue to bloom, but the grasshoppers are starting to have a field day with the blooms. Does anybody have a suggestion for controlling grasshoppers?
My Favorite Little Petunias
I’ve watched these petunias all year long with great enthusiasm, but alas, they are on their way out. I snuck one last peak today of these petunias next to an empty barn of an old nursery. The land is about to sell to a new owner, and I hope they let them reseed.
Leaving Rockport
We said goodbye today to the Texas coastline and headed back to the pine trees and fresh water lakes of East Texas. We did go to Port Aransas today and I’m happy to say that the crinums are in bloom. I saw a sign that said that litter removal on one stretch of the road […]
Rockport Blooms and Fish
I took a tour of a bay house today. This particular house has planted a good number of my bulbs. I was delighted to see our Crinum “Milk and Wine” blooming in their garden. The high winds blew the bloom over the night before so we cut it off and took it inside. Also growing […]