In much less slimy garden news, the strawberry crop is coming on strong. Over fifty plants going this year, all in planters. I leaned the hard way last year that Central Texas is just a little tough on them when they're planted straight into the grou
Step one in accepting @katcountsallthefish 's challenge - documenting some of the species out there this morning! Any guesses on who these little neighbors are!? - 1. Pretty sure this one is a #Milk_Snail (#Otala_lactea) - 2. This one looks like mayb
Even though my tomato plants are ready to start making their cute little star shaped flowers, they aren't quite big enough to have energy to spare for producing fruit. First things first, they need to grow big and strong - so I snipped off all the bu
Pulled and washed the carrots today, gonna replace them with the bush bean seedlings. - Giiven the state of the world, I started a second set of the beans and am contemplating converting more of the yard into kitchen garden. Anybody out there expandi
Does this count as spring cleaning?? - Anyone else struggling with an invasion of the molluskular kind? At least hand picking does make for a very calming task in these weird times, and the chickens love the resulting feast. But I do still wish there
Because some days you just need something cute in that IG feed. Love these little babies, like a living jewel with those fine scales. - #golfina #olive_ridley #Lepidochelys_olivacea #seaturtle #hatchling #egg_tooth
The icebergs have arrived! - #iceberg_climbing_rose #iceberg_rose #rosa_floribunda_iceberg
I guess it's time . . . helloooooo Spring!!! - #springephemeral #bloom #fragrant #spring_starflower #ipheion_uniflorum #ipheion_uniflorum_alberto_castillo
New garden security moved in this weekend - what do you think?? - This female #YellowandBlackGardenSpider (#argiope_aurantia) is huge - her abdomen is only slightly smaller than a golf ball. Here’s hoping she lays lots of eggs this summer!! - #
I think maybe I’ll just put up a sign at the back of the garden: “Here be Dragons” . . . !! - #Pandora_Sphinx_Moth #Eumorpha_pandorus #Virginia_Creeper #Parthenocissus_quinquefolia #caterpillar #larvae #babydragon
That moment when you find a wild #tillandsia bigger than your head and you can’t resist taking a selfie with it . . . - #itsacelebrity #ipromise #airplants #bromeliad #justalittlesunburned
Thanks to the intense rain of the last couple of nights the special on today’s menu will be . . . #chicatanas! - These ants leave their nests after the first heavy rains of the wet season to go in search of new locations to found their own col
Livin’ la vida jazmín. - #jasmine #jasminum_sambac #GrandDukeofTuscany #síporfavor #jazmín
Sun’s out, blooms out. The #opuntia out front is loving this summer weather, and so am I 😎! - #pricklypear #cactus #bloom #flower #texasnative