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Garden

Journal of the Garden. Flowers, Vegetables, Fruit Trees, and Native Plants.

Sky Pie Freebie: Sycamore Leaves

Posted on May 18, 2012

Sky Pie Freebie: Sycamore Leaves

What a lovely day, busy but lovely! Seems like just a moment ago I was stretching for a morning walk and bam, here it is bedtime! Here is the little freebie offering for today. Leaves from our tree taken when spring first hinted in all their fuzzy glory!  Now this tree has leaves big as a face!  Oh! How I love it when I am cruising my harddrives and find little goodies like this waiting. Like finding folding money in a winter coat!! Download via Minus OR Download via...

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Spring in February

Posted on Feb 21, 2012

Spring in February

I bought these Daffodils five years ago in the dead of winter and forced them in my kitchen window. They were those left over bulbs you see at the closeout counter the ones singing like Olivia Newton-John “ …take and chance on me-eee!” Well they were amazing in the window and I don’t like scuffing my mower on these decorative rocks I got when the road in front of the house was paved, so I planted them right in front and told myself not to be a baby if they don’t come up. Oh! I just...

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Winter! Where ARE You?

Posted on Feb 7, 2012

Winter! Where ARE You?

Grass so thick, ground so wet, Oh Strange February how I love thee!...

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Tree Trimming Dillon

Posted on Nov 15, 2011

Tree Trimming Dillon

A quick share. I was working on trimming our Dwarf Red Chief Plum Tree aka Redheart Plum which had a rough summer of Grasshopper defoliation, Raccoon bark chewing as well as the usual fiery Texas heat. There was a lot of death on that tree. I was out there a while trying not to give it a bad haircut.  I kept hearing squirrels. Funny we don’t have squirrels outside. Just the nine orphans indoors. Hmmm? After jogging in to check on them a few times I figured it was some branches rubbing...

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Transplanting with Nate

Posted on Aug 16, 2011

Transplanting with Nate

Nate has quite a touch with animals even better with insects. I promise you, Grasshoppers, Flies, Mosquitoes and the occasional roach are the only insects he will allow to be mistreated around here. Everything else gets picked up and sweet talked. He is great at gardening too. He let me document a little of it when we transplanted this puffball shrub Jack bought on a whim and we have been trying to not allow to die. Its beautiful and interesting yet its not used to the harsh Texas sun and...

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Pond Update

Posted on Aug 2, 2011

Pond Update

We went round and round about a liner for the pond. With all the added wildlife coming and going from our drought conditions…armadillo, raccoon, skunk, and possum, not to mention birds of all shapes and sizes we decided to keep it natural. A ripped liner is work and money to replace and they are WILD animals. We also had some misgivings about the health of the water, leaching petro-chemicals into the water on hot summer days, algae bloom etc. Mostly though…its the work to replace that got...

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Knotting ends

Posted on May 17, 2011

Knotting ends

I start stuff, see how it goes and sometimes don’t come back around to it. This is me synching up a few starts I left hanging. The duck babies are alive and well. Just not babies anymore. Duck Photos From Start. Mac and Cheese picture has found its recipe. Facebook is not as scary as I imagined. I have dedicated 30 minutes to it each day since my Facebook Begging Break Down and feeling less like I hate it.  And Kristine helped me out with some good advice. Thanks P-cock! I realize how much...

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