This is growing in the alley… seriously.  Don’t you think we could dig it up and put it in a pot, call it native vegetation & make up a big name in Latin and 10 people would be lined up asking when we got the next truckfull in?

Anyone know what it is?  I assume it is a “weed”, take that in whatever way you wish.  I used to think this was a weed… or that was a weed… then I realized that a weed is what you term it as.  Something growing somewhere it isn’t “supposed to”… is usually called a weed.  blah blahb lhblahblhab.a.a..blahbity blah. 

So what is it?

Tags: Flowers, Gardening, Not that kind of weed dude., Pictures, Recession Gardening, WEEDS!, West Texas by James
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… you know what we mean.

With some awesome unexpected rain a few time in the past couple of weeks, our watermelons & cantaloupes are doing great!  We are seeing some vines & honestly… we are thinking a week and we will see flowering.  Can’t wait.  In the meantime, here are a few pics of the black diamond watermelons we have growing on (get it… like “we have going on”… but instead of going… we said growing.  Get it?  it is a play on words, nevermind).

Tags: Drunk, Food, Gardening, Growing Watermelons, Organic Gardening, Pictures, West Texas, raised beds by James
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It would be too easy to see this as an attempt to gain traffic.  An early morning post that is built specifically to grab a few stray Michael Jackson is dead searches… an unfortunate sign of the times.  I hope you do not see it this way.  This site has as much to do with celebs as TMZ have to do with gardening… so if I’m posting something of this nature, you have to understand the weight of this situation… and believe that, if James has put a post up regarding the death of MJ – he must have something to say.

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Tags: Getting Deep, James Is Wrong Too, Personal by James
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