A Hill Country Journal
Life in the Texas Hill Country
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.
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Posted by jb at 14 Nov 2006, 7:50 AM | View Comments (2) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (0)
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...
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Posted by jb at 6 Nov 2006, 9:21 AM | View Comments (2) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (0)
Observations from the Garden- A Gardener's Vacation
Yesterday afternoon I took a vacation. Oh, I had the whole week off...
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Posted by jb at 21 Oct 2006, 5:30 AM | View Comments (29) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (0)
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!
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Posted by jb at 12 Oct 2006, 7:44 AM | View Comments (7) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (0)
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.
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Posted by jb at 10 Oct 2006, 6:56 AM | View Comments (23) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (0)
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........
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Posted by jb at 8 Oct 2006, 8:02 AM | View Comments (25) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (0)
"Another Roadside Attraction" ...What does that mean
I track the seasons by the wildflowers blooming or grasses coming into ther autumn splender. Everyday there is some small change, some difference that let's us know that the year is passing, the seasons changing.
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Posted by jb at 7 Oct 2006, 1:12 PM | View Comments (2) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (0)
Observations & Meditations from the Garden- A Sky Full of Butterflies
Autumn is here. The last few days the sky has been full of migrating butterflies.. Aren't they wonderful as the flutter through the air by the dozens!
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Posted by jb at 7 Oct 2006, 10:26 AM | View Comments (7) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (0)