Window on a Texas Wildscape
A Texas Hill Country yard turned wildlife habitat...
Monday, March 18, 2024
The waiting game
Monday, March 11, 2024
Our blooming trees and shrubs
Mexican persimmon |
Mexican buckeye |
Agarita |
Redbud |
Mountain laurel (my favorite aroma) |
Peach |
Mexican plum |
Texas buckeye |
Volunteer saplings
Mexican plum |
Thursday, March 7, 2024
Wednesday, March 6, 2024
This is why I weed by hand
"Don't you want to use a rake?" James asks me quite often whenever I'm weeding by hand.
"Nope," I reply as I continue to pull henbit, chickweed and bedstraw. "I want to see what I'm pulling."
Yesterday, I was QUITE surprised when I pulled away dying henbit and chickweed and found THIS in a backyard bed. A bluebonnet! Wowzer!
After supper, James ambled up while I was working.
"So, what do you think THAT is?" I stood up and pointed to the plant I'd just found.
"Hmmm," he thought. Then he shrugged.
"A BLUEBONNET!" I exclaimed. "That's exactly why I don't want to use a rake!"
Humbly, James smiled. "Well, that's pretty cool," he said.
UPDATE MARCH 18, 2024 Alas, the stem broke off at the ground soon after our bluebonnet bloomed. I put the flower in a little vase on our dining room table. I am sad.
Tuesday, March 5, 2024
Live owl cam at Wildflower Center
Check this out, folks! So cool.
MEET ATHENA
The Wildflower Center’s resident owl
For more than a decade, the Wildflower Center has been home to a nesting pair of great horned owls (Bubo virginianus). Lucky for us — and our guests — the female, who we call Athena, nests in a very conspicuous place, right above the entrance to our Courtyard in the sotol (Dasylirion wheeleri) planter nestled in the north corner. When conditions are right and her eggs hatch into owlets, she provides a rare opportunity to view a wild great horned owl rearing her young.
Saturday, March 2, 2024
Master Gardeners rescue volunteers
Prima was on hand to meet and greet, of course. Shown are Megan Soltesz, Bernadette McFarling and Suzaane Stevenson. It was super windy, but we got a lot of plants dug up and bagged for potting later.