Wiese Acres

Dad and Mom right where they loved to be. My mother lived all but the very last years of her life on a farm. She was always happiest wh...

Seedlings at Wiese Acres With heavy clay soil that is so slow to warm in spring, and in an area with a relatively short growing season ...

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...