A Hill Country Journal
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A Hill Country Journal

Spring in the Hill Country with Thanks to Ladybird

The Hill Country is definely coming into it's full Spring glory and folks are searching out the best patches of bluebonnets for their Easter pictures.<< MORE >>

Stop and Smell the Flowers

Yesterday I came home early and stopped to identify the yellow flowers that are so prolific along the roadside right now.<< MORE >>

The 1st Hummer!!!

There heeeeere! Okay, NOW it's officially Spring. I sighted my first hummer today...<< MORE >>

The Gray Days

This past month in the Hill Country can be easily summed up in few words.........gray.<< MORE >>

Observations and Meditations from the Garden- Withdrawal

I've been missing in action for awhile. Between preparing a talk on native plants for the Refuge and another on deer resistant gardening for the garden club I needed to catch up inside the house and haven't spent much time in the garden.<< MORE >>

Another Roadside Attraction- Color in the Hill Country

I'm starting to see it here and there, that wee smudge of red in the hills...<< MORE >>

Observations from the Garden- A Gardener's Vacation

Yesterday afternoon I took a vacation. Oh, I had the whole week off... << MORE >>

Observations and Meditations from the Garden- Seeds of Procrastination

I've been trying to establish a patch of praire in my backyard for the last six years. Think a wildflower garden is easy...think again!<< MORE >>

Another Roadside Attraction- The Queens of Autumn

Though springtime in Texas is celebrated far and wide, autumn in central Texas offers some spectacular sites which may go unnoticed by most. I've lived in the Midwest and the Rockies but until I moved the Texas Hill Country I had never seen the sight of native prairie grasses in full efflorescence.<< MORE >>

Welcome to A Hill Country Journal

Please use this site as a place to share your thoughts about living and gardening in the Texas Hill Country. So...lean over the fence and tell me how you grew those gorgeous salvias........ << MORE >>