I don’t think I’ve written about the birds in the garden yet. I’m pretty lucky to live on the edge of the Barton Creek Greenbelt which is a nice mix of trees (a gigantic live oak; cedars; Houston Yaupon hollies; a Texas persimmon; etc.) and meadow land. The ecology provides abundant nesting opportunities as well…
Category: Gardening
Happy 4th!
So it’s the 4th of July – one of my favourite holidays. Didn’t do much today but putz around the garden, rearranging and pruning a bit. I’ve been practicing with the camera; here are some odds-and-ends that came out half-way decent. Gotta go fire up the grill in a minute – we’re having fajitas and…
Mulch – I’m still alive to tell the tale…
So yesterday was my annual mulch day. I usually do that in late April/early May when the oak process – old leaf drop; tassles; pollen – is completed, but I was exceptionally busy with the Legislature this year and the oak process seemed to go very late. Anyroad, this was the first weekend I could…
Garden Update – First of the Year
So yesterday was my first real ‘work day’ of the year in the garden. I’ve been piddling around here-and-there all year, but yesterday was the first ‘back-breaker’ as it were. Odd-number years are never good for me because of the Legislature and this year was particularly bad because I was juggling so many bills and…
The Runcible Existentialist 