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Poison Ivy

By Lara DeHaven

Poison ivy grows well in Texas.  It grows well in almost every part of the United States except for the desert.  It invites you to touch it with it beautiful green leaves that turn a beautiful red color in autumn.  It climbs up tree trunks and thrives.  The stem of well-established... »

Purple Lips and Purple Thumbs

By Lara DeHaven

If you have purple lips and purple thumbs as well as scratches on your hands and ankles, then what have you been doing all morning?  Can you guess?  That's right, picking berries. The dewberries are ripe!  They taste good fresh.  They freeze well.  Dewberry jam is absolutely delicious.  It brings the taste... »

Having a Berry Good Time

By Lara DeHaven

Our fingertips are stained purple and scratches are all over our hands.  Can you guess what we did Sunday afternoon?  That's right, we picked dewberries.  I could not believe that some of the wild dewberries were ripe so early in the year.  Only the ones growing along fence lines are ripe.  The ones... »

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Psalm 128:2

"You will eat the fruit of your labor; blessing and prosperity will be yours."