Wiese Acres

I love unusual houseplants, particularly if they are easy to grow.  Mother of Millions meets those criteria quite well.  That's why I...

After a few weeks in the extreme deep freeze, our famed "January thaw" arrived a couple days ago.  When I left work yesterday afte...

Mangave is a relatively new find in the succulent world.  It is thought to be a  hybrid of Agave macroacantha and Manfreda maculosa .  It...

Flapjack plant (Kalanchoe thyrsiflora)  (Wiese Acres photo) One of my favorite succulents is my flapjack plant.  It's also know...

Succulent garden in summer I fell in love with succulents a while back.  They come in such a variety of shapes, colors and sizes.  They...

Autumn at Wiese Acres Last year, we had our first snow storm on October 4.  This year, it is October 25 and we are outside in our sh...

Once again, the bittersweet time of year arrives.  I hate to see the beautiful flowers go to bed for the winter and no longer have the selec...

Last fall I was so excited to find a source of composted sheep manure nearby.  Raising sheep is becoming a rarity in our part of North Dakot...

Gosh, after a very late start because spring just couldn't make up its mind to get here, things have been going just about non-stop t...