Well, what's this?

I am so haphazard with my planting and my weeding that I occasionally get surprises. The leaves on this plant or so shiny I decided not to pull it out and I am glad that I did not. However I do not recall planting such a thing or though I may have thrown seeds out and I have no idea what it is. Which is pretty much common for me when it comes to my plants and my yard.

Anybody know the answer to that?

Fennel

So I planted some little bitty fennel plants on the side of the house not really knowing what to expect or what I would really do with them but it sounded like fun. They have grown well and now I also have some in the backyard, both the regular fennel and some bronze.

And since I am finally posting here after a long hiatus it occurs to me that I no longer live in West Texas and perhaps I should change the name of the blog. I really hate coming up with names for things do you?