what do they grow in Texas?

What ever they grow down there, I'm sure it will be bigger and better--at least if you ask a Texan.  My good friends, Jean and John, are relocating to their Texas homeland in a few weeks.  They were down-sized by the Presbyterian Church USA last year--one of the most prolific down-sizers in the Nation.  O.K. I have no statistics to support this--I'm just bitter at the seemingly total lack of direction and common sense at the Pharisaic level of my denomination.  Jesus was right to go after the Pharisees, the status quo and other evil- doers who were intent upon spewing toxic and noxious weeds all over God's mighty and beautiful kingdom.  Absolutely nothing can grow when their hands are at the end of a hoe.  Forget about bigger and better.

At any rate, as all good gardeners do, my friends are thankful that even though their crops failed here in Kentucky, God has given them another chance to plant something new in freshly tilled soil in their native land in beautiful Hill Country Texas.  They are thankful to God that they were able to sell their house in Kentucky, find work (not easy when you are over the age of 50) and find a delightful farm style house on three acres with a windmill no less and several out buildings.   I'm of course jealous and coveting their windmill, since I am a rabid proponent of using wind power as the chief means of supplying all our future energy needs, weaning us from our middle eastern oil gluttony and thereby saving the environment!

Jean and I have logged a mighty number of hours in local Kentucky (and Indiana) garden supply centers and green houses.  We've dropped a sizable chuck of change into the local economy buying plants and garden tchotchke.  We've shared plants and landscaping tips.  We've shared advice on how to manipulate our husbands into doing the heavy work, too.  I am truly gonna miss her and John.  Texas is a long way to go to share pass-along plants, but not out of the question either.  I'm looking forward to a trip down to Texas in the spring to see the famed Blue Bells and hope to bring some back and try to get them to grow here.   

Many blessings John and Jean, the best thing from Texas I know.  And happy growing in your new place.