On December 7th we had real snow in Austin. The fluffy soft stuff. Not just ice. It was a lot of fun for all of us, and a great chance to see the garden in a totally different way.
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I’ve been fighting this bed for years. It started out with giant Nandinas, a large legistrum, and native Morning Glory strangling everything. We asked the firm we hired to do a low-maintenance fun for this area. They came back with a block of feather grass and a block of giant muhly.
So after a bit of planning and the generous donation of feather grass from garden blogger friends Diana (http://www.dianasdesignsaustin.com/category/sharing-natures-garden/), Jennie (http://wwwrockrose.blogspot.com/), and Bob (https://centraltexasgardening.wordpress.com/) – I feel like I have really filled out the space.
Etta and Julie helped me with weeding, and a Puller Bear helped me remove most of the numerous Hackberry and Pecan volunteers. 30.5 bags of mulch later and the job is done.
The non-grass plants are Greg’s Mist Flower and Heartleaf Skullcap. Hopefully this week will be full of rain (as forecast), everything will establish, and I can enjoy this garden and think about it less.
I’ve been fighting this bed for years. It started out with giant Nandinas, a large legistrum, and native Morning Glory strangling everything. We asked the firm we hired to do a low-maintenance plan for this area. They came back with a block of feather grass and a block of giant muhly.
So after a bit of planning and the generous donation of feather grass from garden blogger friends Diana (http://www.dianasdesignsaustin.com/category/sharing-natures-garden/), Jennie (http://wwwrockrose.blogspot.com/), and Bob (https://centraltexasgardening.wordpress.com/) – I feel like I have really filled out the space.
Etta and Julie helped me with weeding, and a Puller Bear helped me remove most of the numerous Hackberry and Pecan volunteers. 30.5 bags of mulch later and the job is done.
The non-grass plants are Greg’s Mist Flower and Heartleaf Skullcap. Hopefully this week will be full of rain (as forecast), everything will establish, and I can enjoy this garden and think about it less.
Beautiful day for photos even with my impaired vision.
Golden lead ball. This is my 7th or 8th attempt to grow this tree. The dogs have taken out every other one. But this I’ve looks to be making it! And blooming!
Ah. What a beautiful day for gardening. The optimism of winter when we clear and plan on how we will control nature this year. Only to have that hubris come crashing down with the proliferation of winter weeds. Anyway the area is almost cleared. Some seeds are in. Another batch coming soon. Wildflower meadow hopefully beginning this spring.
Halloween plants! Spoooooky…..
My mom is going to help me out with my lower garden. She’s planning a more traditional romantic garden. This is the beginning of our plan.
Cutting flowers before the deluge. I should do this more often.
Fall color in January. Weird year.
