A few days ago, I got the nicest email from a reader in Waco. I asked if I could share it, and he said yes. I must do better at posting! Thank you for motivating me, Waco friend. However, I don't get out in the yard as much during these chillier days so bear with me! Confession: And when I do, I'm usually treasure hunting with iNaturalist, trying to find new species for my yard list.
P.S. I should have a Texas fly feature coming out next year in a Texas magazine. Stay tuned! Flies rock!
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"You are my gardening guru! I keep hoping for a more frequent blog entry. That’s my only complaint. I want more! Please more (I sound like Oliver).
'Between
keeping the docs in business by collecting all the variants and most of
the subs of Covid, despite being fully vaccinated, I’ve done very
little gardening in my back garden. I did have a pleasant (?) surprise.
The load of decomposed granite I used on the terraces turned out to be
about 99.99 percent nut sedge! You know, I kinda hate to admit it, but I like it!
Not only does it delightfully piss off the neighbors, but it forms the
most beautiful, water thrifty meadow (that I was trying to create with
grass), and there is life in those damned weeds! I’ve got my bug book on
the coffee table and am running out of margins for checks, and in the
snake book, the snakes are wonderful (I’ve identified a few that have
undisturbed free reign, and I hope they know I don’t mess with them and I
pray they don’t mess with me, but they are gorgeous, evidently venom
makes them vivacious). The others are just stunningly pretty and
innocent.
"Get
to blogging! I look forward to your exciting discoveries. I love your
"Gee Whiz, Look at That" attitude to the creepies and crawlies. I keep
waiting to see what else shows up in your washing machine!"
