Category: On The Road

I hate getting stuck.  Did anyone out there read my latest book “The Bulb Hunter” and remember the chapter where I got stuck on the

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

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!

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

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

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

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

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

Spent the night with some old friends/roommates from college in Houston tonight! Former students of Texas A&M are sometimes called ol’ Ags and unfortunately we