A Winter Garden

First of all you need to know that raising a garden for Winter Texans is a challenge .. All the locals tend to think you are basically nuts. the workers in the garden departments of the stores tell you ," no pots , no spray or fertilizer", "we have put away all of the gardening items until spring". "Growing season is over.".

Gee, don't they know 65 - 80 degrees is all we get in Michigan and if the frost is gone out of the ground it is time to plant!!!!!! Oh well , we scavenge up what is hidden in the corner out of sight and forgotten..Bring it home and plant what homely little plant we rescued.. Failing to find one of these we resort to SEEDS..

Watching , watering and comparing ,,hurrah there are results.. Observe the

fruits of our labor...

And for our 8 month project . Bob discovered a beautiful flower called a Bird of Paradise and bought a plant last March. It was carried back to Michigan in the Motor Home and watered and moved around following the sun all summer but no flower. Just a green leafy potted plant. So back to Texas with the pot strapped back in the motor home with the idea it will go in the ground somewhere in the yard. After a month in the southern sun look what we have. And another flower is on its way. I guess you should never give up..