Anne Miller

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We manage a 40 acre wildlife area of the Texas Hill Country in the Edwards Plateau at about 3030 ft above sea level. The region is notable for its karst topography and tall rugged hills of limestone. The terrain throughout the region is punctuated by a thin layer of topsoil and a large number of exposed rocks and boulders, making the region very dry and prone to flash flooding. Native vegetation in the region includes various yucca, prickly pear cactus, native grasses and wildflowers. The predominant trees in the region are Ashe Juniper, Shin Oak and Texas Live Oak. Soil is alkaline consisting of caliche and clay.
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What a lovely offer.  Do you have a website that features your accommodations that your offer more appealing?
23 hours ago
Mr Google says:

The oldest plant material successfully germinated is a ~32,000-year-old Silene stenophylla (narrow-leafed campion) seed found in Siberian permafrost.



I have no proof ...
1 day ago
Sounds like a learning experience waiting to happen.  Best luck to you and your neighbors ...
1 day ago
Tell me a little about your greenhouse ... what kind of greenhouse?

You might get some idea for building one here:

https://permies.com/t/126137/Building-greenhouse

And for raise beds here is a thread with those:

https://permies.com/t/257105/Jen-Greenhouse
2 days ago

Kevin Feinstein II wrote:Ibut don't peach twigs contain cyanide forming compounds? I see fig tree listed on wikipedia, but can't that milky sap from a fig create a rash (or at least be super sticky and unpleasant)?  I see dogwood listed, but which dogwood and are there not some stomach upsetting toxins in dogwood?



All these concerns are probably when ingested in large quantities.

Cyanide is a natural occurring and it is found in low levels in common foods.

2 days ago

Riona Abhainn wrote:Hi Anne, I was given one to put underground and so I did, maybe it is just too rainy here and it rotted or something.



Was it the bulblets or the roots bulbs?  I have done both.

Maybe starting some in a large container as William suggested so you can monitor the rain fall?
2 days ago
I have bought plants from folks selling plants at local farmers markets.

I have bought plants from folks having a plant sale for Mother's Day in their front yard and even at garage sales.

Flea markets might be another place to sell plants ...
2 days ago
Each international community sets up its own way of doing business.  I bet they have Zoom Meetings so maybe if there is one you are interested in joining you might ask if they have Zoom Meetings.

I like the suggestion of Riona to start an international community Zoom Meeting.  Maybe start a discussion by setting up a date and time then see if there are any takers?

Daniel Andy wrote:

Anne Miller wrote:What if you can't find the water shut off and no one knows where it is?

The hot water hose burst on the washing machine, what do you do?



Shut off the inlet/outlet valves on the hot water heater then...

...but the real answer is we have no business living in a house if we don't know where the shutoffs for water, gas, and electric are.



It was not my house, maybe I was too stupid to know about the hot water heater (or even where it was?) and I did not want to be burned by scalding hot water ...
2 days ago