2026 Remember I Cut Back

 

 the Clematis around the 4th of

July??

This one if well over 5 foot tall already!

Several are starting to bloom!

Welcome To My World!

 Heat and Smoke!  Hope you are enjoying

all this smoke!  As soon as the air clears I'll

be stripping all the leaves off the Brugmansia

to save them.  All the leaves are feeling so 

gritty, turning yellow as they smell of smoke.

This is your warning so don't be shocked as 

some of you visit or drive by.  Just trying to

keep them healthy!  These plants and their 

cousins do not do smoke, they are rebelling.

All Solanaceae family members are the same

way.  They are the canaries in the mine!

Did you catch my letter to the editor for the

Columbian on Monday about smoke?   Here 

is what was submitted:

For ten years, my husband and I have

endured heavy smoke from a neighbor’s 

firepit that drifts directly onto our property. 

Despite our asthma, declining bone density, 

and my AMD, the burning continues without

regard for health or safety. Even the fire 

department and air quality officials expressed 

shock at the level of smoke, yet the county 

continues to look the other way. Our plants 

show visible damage, and our health has 

measurably worsened. 

No resident should be forced to breathe 

harmful smoke in their own home. It’s

 time for the county to address this 

serious public health gap.

If you haven't had a bone density test?

Get one!

Don't we have a burn ban on now?

8/9/2026

Again our neighbor had a fire burning

with thick white smoke.  The wind was

blowing and the smoke was all over.

I just shake my head, no sense in this at

all!   I'm sure the neighbors to the east of

this really appreciated the smoke as they

really got it mostly until the wind changed

and then we got it.  We had all the windows

open to air out the house but now we deal

with the smoke that came in.  They just don't 

care.  Maybe they need to do some research 

on smoke damage or BBQ and what issues

that cause with their health? This was the 

third burn in one week.  You should see that

is going on with their trees.  We are getting

all the dying pine and evergreen sprigs 

dropping into our yard.  They have had

2 trees come down and hit their house.

No care to these trees what such ever!

2026 Perennial Hibiscus Starting To Bloom

 

2026 Abutilon 'Red Tiger'

 

I have several of these!!  

2026 End of July Bud Watch

 

10 buds!!

2 blooms!!

E. Kings Ranson

Turning upward.

More to bloom!

2026 Brugmansia Starting to Bloom

 

This was the last gift I received from 

Tony Sorrow before he passed away.

(I was asked today why I grew Brugmansia

and I proudly stated they are my canary

in the coal mine.)

These are members of the Solanaceae Family.

2026 Brugmansia Update

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