Yesterday I left Houston at 12:45 AM to drive to Mobile. I swore that I was not going to do such a brutal drive at those odd hours of the morning, but I did. Now today, I leave Mobile for Tyler with a brief stop in Hattiesburg, MS.

Along the way from the farm to Houston, I did find the chance to dig a nice clump of Crinum jagus scillafolia from the garden of a collector. There were only 6 bloom size bulbs, but I have just now made those available on the website this Saturday morning. They are dug and ready to be shipped as soon as you order! You may order here.


These crinums were very healthy, but they were in too much shade and neeed to be moved. Their new spot in the garden was a sunnier one next to some Crinum jagus (the regular large leaved forms) that I had dug just over a year ago.

The reason I found myself driving from the farm to Houston was to drop off more fall bulbs for sale. The truck was loaded down and I looked like a Beverly Hillbilly.



Somewhere on Interstate 10 between Lafayette and Baton Rouge I picked up a nice Cajun station. The signal cut out at the turn for Whiskey Bay. I stopped in Baton Rouge for some coffee, but all of the gas stations and restaurants are still shut down. Then I made a wrong turn and took I-10 through New Orleans instead of going around on I-12. The place was a ghost town and many areas are still without power. Eventually I made it to Alabama, where all is as usual.

We now have a new link to our friends at The Olive Barn! Be sure to check out their website if you have not done it already.