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The Gardener of Good and Evil: October 2009
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The Gardener of Good and Evil. Monday, October 26, 2009. Datura brings all the. Bees to the yard. So while I haven't been actively blogging for months- aside from complaining about the drought and heat on Twitter- I have been taking pictures of the interesting things that have been happening around my yard. For instance, I knew that the datura in my yard was a favorite plant of bees and moths and other insects, but a certain morning back in August was like stumbling into a bee bacchanal:.
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The Gardener of Good and Evil: August 2008
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The Gardener of Good and Evil. Thursday, August 21, 2008. Browsing at The Natural Gardener. The Natural Gardener is a great nursery with an organic focus, specializing in native, well-adapted, and drought-tolerant plants. I also enjoy wandering through their many display gardens and planted niches, many of which have been added over the past year or so. Here are some pictures from today's visit. Drought-tolerant plantings around the new "southwestern stream" water feature:. Links to this post. And it sta...
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The Gardener of Good and Evil: August 2009
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The Gardener of Good and Evil. Tuesday, August 4, 2009. Escape from the Death Star! So, I'm a bad Austinite. I've lived here for five years, but I'm taking my sweet time hitting all of those destinations that most tourists see within their first week here. One of those destinations happened to be Barton Springs Pool. Instead, which shrieked, "102? IT'S FUCKING HOT. (I need gloves to touch the steering wheel! Once I was throughly chilled, I found that it's incredibly satisfying to sit on a towel on the hi...
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The Gardener of Good and Evil: May 2008
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The Gardener of Good and Evil. Wednesday, May 28, 2008. Links to this post. Thursday, May 15, 2008. And here's the rest of the list in pictures. What I thought was the usual violet moss verbena has bloomed in an intense shade of magenta:. Close-up, white potato vine:. Daylily, bought before I started keeping records. It picks up the cool yellow of the bicolored lantana next to it:. The first blooms on the heartleaf skullcap:. A peachy pink verbena:. Next to the peachy verbena, Rainbow Knockout:. Somethin...
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Playin' Outside: April 2014
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If you're particularly interested in rainwater harvesting, see these posts: "900 and Counting" on 4/28/08, "First Crop" on 4/10/08, "Ongoing Saga of the Rain Tank" on 3/2/08, and "The Debate" on 2/7/08. Vermiculture was covered 8/12/08. Pond construction was covered in "The Heart of Our Garden" on January 22, 2008. Monday, April 21, 2014. If you're not familiar with lacewings, click here. All material © 2014 by Vicki Blachman for Playin' Outside. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). How fun will this be! Cool as ...
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Playin' Outside: June 2014
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If you're particularly interested in rainwater harvesting, see these posts: "900 and Counting" on 4/28/08, "First Crop" on 4/10/08, "Ongoing Saga of the Rain Tank" on 3/2/08, and "The Debate" on 2/7/08. Vermiculture was covered 8/12/08. Pond construction was covered in "The Heart of Our Garden" on January 22, 2008. Thursday, June 19, 2014. Tiny Dragons and Bottle Trees. Which produced enormous pink blooms that really did look like orchids, died to the ground. A fourth, Bauhinia fortificata. Allowed me to...
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Playin' Outside: March 2015
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If you're particularly interested in rainwater harvesting, see these posts: "900 and Counting" on 4/28/08, "First Crop" on 4/10/08, "Ongoing Saga of the Rain Tank" on 3/2/08, and "The Debate" on 2/7/08. Vermiculture was covered 8/12/08. Pond construction was covered in "The Heart of Our Garden" on January 22, 2008. Tuesday, March 3, 2015. This was my introduction to bacterial cankers in trees. From the Forest Service says that Hypoxylon Canker is not the cause of tree death. However, the fungus will ...