Prairie Winds Farm

Well hello there, my its been a long, long time... Because of the scorching heat in Katy, Texas, 105 degrees today, we hung up a hummingbird feeder.  Our Hamelias usually provide enough nectar to suffice the nesting hummingbirds in our neighborhood but, with the drought and heat they wilt before noon even if I water them.  Nectar recipe is 4 to 1.  One part sugar to four parts water.  Stir 1/4 cup sugar into a warm 1 cup of water until it dissolves.  I added ice cubes to cool it down just because of the heat outside.  The hummers will be drawn visually to the red flowers so, there is no need to add red food coloring at all.  Food coloring is not good for them to injest.  Not good for children and not good for hummers. The two hummers visiting our feeder spent an awful lot of time trying to push each other out of the way.  I wish I could tell them please don't fight there is plenty for everyone to enjoy.  I rinse and refil...

This is a video my daughter made as a tribute to her dad, a vietnam veteran .  I love them both so much I just felt the need to share this with those of you who have loved ones who have served  courageously in the military. 

Ameraucana Rooster Strutting his stuff Is this my good side??? Its been a while since I have had laying hens and a rooster.  Went to Wabash Antiques and  Feed Store in Houston  http://www.wabashfeed.com/ a few years ago and acquired an Ameraucana rooster http://www.ameraucana.org/scrapbook.html and two red laying hens.   Little did I know after taking them home that the rooster actually required a harem of hens to keep him from increased copulation with the two hens.  So... I went back and purchased four more hens and then things settled down a bit.  At sunset each day, the rooster would gather the hens up from free ranging by spreading out his wings to his sides and they would run with him into the coop.  The coop was actually an 8' by 10' hurricane fenced dog run with a screen mesh over the top. Inside the coop I placed some cinder block into two columns and made nesting shelves with hay. The soil was covered in hay so ...

Recently my daughter polished our silverplate that we are storing to later sell @ flea markets/ Canton, Fredericksburg, Wimberly.

This Thornless Blackberry was purchased from a store here in Katy, Texas two years ago, repotted two times and fertilized with bat quano. This year it produced 85 berries.

Cemetery across street from Commanders Palace 2008 Commanders Palace 2008 I spent a few years of my adolescence living on Washington Ave. in New Orleans on the same block as Commanders Palace Restaurant which was across the street from a cemetery. We used to play hide and go seek in the cemetery. I can still feel the horror as my brother would jump out of the empty grave sites and scare the living death out of us. Sometimes, I would travel to the Commanders Palace back patio entering through the open rod iron gates and the waiters busy setting the tables for the evening dinner would allow me to help them with the setting and placing the sugar bowls on the tables. The back patio was lush with tropical plantings and laden with ferns. The black iron dinner tables were covered with white linen tablecloths that cascaded to the brick covered floor. Along the perimeter of the walls the bricks were covered with a soft green moss that would glisten @ sunset. The walls held gas lanterns of bla...

Life is too short to wake up with regrets, so love the people who treat you right, forget about the ones who don't, and believe everything happens for a reason. If you get a chance, take it, If it changes your life, let it. Nobody said life would be easy, they just said it would be worth it.