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    The Farmer Diaries

    Texas farmer closes out summer garden with an ode to the butterfly

    Marshall Hinsley
    Aug 31, 2014 | 6:00 am

    In the final few weeks of summer, little remains growing on the farm. Melons peaked at the end of July. Tomatoes have stopped setting fruit; eggplants and peppers look haggard. Everything has died or gone dormant in the relentless heat and severe drought.

    Yet among this wasteland are droves of beautiful, lively swallowtail butterflies, more than I've ever seen in the past. Their black-and-yellow wings catch my eye as I prepare the garden for cool season crops or water a few tomato plants I try to keep alive until the autumn rain arrives.

    There's no missing them, nearby or off in the distance; their wingspan is almost as large as the palm of my hand. They're skittish on first encounter, quickly fluttering away over dried stalks of corn out on the periphery. After a while, they circle back to the garden, attracted to the thriving zinnias my wife planted last spring. These flowers have continued to grow and bloom, attracting several species of butterflies, native bees and a group of hummingbirds, giving them an oasis in the parched countryside.

    The beds of zinnias and dill provide everything a swallowtail butterfly needs throughout its life cycle: nectar for the adults and a nursery with nourishment for the caterpillars.

    In the four decades I've lived on this land, I see the evidence of a changing climate in the way the land isn't budding out with the abundance of fall wildflowers it had in the past. The zinnias, cosmos, scented tobacco and other flowers I tend along with my vegetable crops are more than just ornamentals; they're sustenance for insects and hummingbirds.

    Keen on meeting the needs of the swallowtail butterflies, my wife also planted dill. Dill serves as a good home or "host plant" for swallowtail butterflies. Butterflies rely on host plants to survive. The best known example of a host plant is milkweed and monarch butterflies; no other plant will nourish them or fill them with the toxic substances that deter birds from eating them.

    For swallowtails, host plants can be dill, parsley or fennel, all in the same plant family with carrots and related to native Texas prairie parsley that grows wild. The beds of zinnias and dill provide everything a swallowtail butterfly needs throughout its life cycle: nectar for the adults and a nursery with nourishment for the caterpillars.

    After waiting from April to June with no sign of swallowtail butterflies, I finally spotted the first arrivals in mid-summer. First, swallowtail butterflies arrived at the beds of zinnias and fluttered from plant to plant for about a week. Soon afterward, small caterpillars with black, yellow and white stripes appeared on the stalks of dill.

    Every day the worms grew longer and fatter until they they were the size of short marker pen. Then, over the course of several more days, they moved on to form a chrysalis, to transform into their butterfly stage. By August, the population of adult butterflies doubled, maybe tripled. This newer generation is now mating and laying little green solitary eggs, about the size of a cake sprinkle, on the leaves and stalks of my dill.

    These swallowtails are efficient pollinators, but there's more to it than that. If not for the chores of watering and weeding, I'd while away my afternoons sitting for hours and watching them visit each flower. They fix my attention as they fly overhead and flitter around erratically, eventually taking roost somewhere just before sunset. They simply deserve to be beheld, and it makes me happy to be their admirer.

    Tiny green balls laid on dill are the swallowtail eggs.

      
    Photo by Marshall Hinsley
    Tiny green balls laid on dill are the swallowtail eggs.
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    Pizza News

    Singas Famous Pizza chain opens first Texas restaurant in Frisco

    Teresa Gubbins
    Jun 4, 2025 | 4:44 pm
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    There's a new pizza concept in town, now slinging pies in Frisco: Called Singas Famous Pizza, it's a chain founded in New York, and it just opened on June 4 at 13089 Main St. #400, Frisco, in a new center at the intersection of Coit Road.

    According to a spokesperson, they'll host a grand opening on June 6.

    The first Singas Famous Pizza opened in Elmhurst, above the Bronx, in 1967, from founder Bill Singas, who apparently was not fully clued in to the definition of the word "famous."

    A decade later, current president and CEO Greg Tsanis and his brother Chris bought the business, and went on to open more locations in the tristate area. They made it a little more "famous." Greg and Chris are natives of Greece who emigrated to the U.S. When it comes to food, the Greeks know what's up.

    Pizza is the centerpiece of the menu, although there are also pastas, sub sandwiches, chicken tenders, wings, jalapeno poppers, garlic bread, and French fries.

    They bake their pizzas in metal pans, the approach taken with deep-dish pizza, but Singas' crust is a regular New York-style thin crust. (They also offer a cauliflower crust for the GF crowd.)

    The chain has been a favorite for South Asians in the New York area, and that influence can be seen on menu items such as the Chef's Special pizza with tikka sauce, green pepper, onion, and choice of South-Asian cottage cheese (paneer) or chicken.

    And in a nod to the heritage of the owners, there's a Greek pizza with tomato sauce, spinach, feta cheese, and olive. There's also a garlic chicken and broccoli, plus classics like pepperoni, meat lovers, and a loaded "supreme."

    In 2004, the company launched a franchising program, which has expanded in recent years. There are currently close to 40 locations across the U.S., mostly in the New York-New Jersey-Delaware area but with a dozen new openings penciled in for Tennessee, South Carolina, Virginia, Kentucky, and Florida.

    That includes seven new locations set to open across Texas, with four in the DFW area, as follows:

    • Coppell: 817 S. Macarthur Blvd. #105
    • Plano: 8245 Preston Rd.
    • Frisco: 13089 Main St. #400
    • Prosper: address still TBA

    There is also a franchisee opening three locations in Houston:

    • 10758 Cypress Creek Pkwy, Houston
    • 11388 Fountain Lake Dr, Stafford
    • 25830 Westheimer Pkwy, Katy
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