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Nighty-night

Imagine my surprise when I was watering last night and found this little lovely night bloom coming open on my Datura.

It’s especially nice, because we are hosting Supper Underground here in our back yard on Saturday night with about 30 people coming for dinner. Our guests for the evening will be able to enjoy the pretty white blooms and their sweet fragrance. Thanks, guys!
While I love the Purple coneflower, I’m always intrigued by the white — here you see the first of three that have returned from last year.
Isn’t the light pretty on these Wisteria seed pods? Wonder if I would have any luck planting some…have you ever tried?

By |2016-04-14T02:45:13-05:00June 11th, 2008|Blog, Coneflower, datura, Sharing Nature's Garden, wisteria|0 Comments
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Ahhhh…harvest

In spite of the close to 100-degree heat in which I was hunched over to pick these little lovelies, I’m thrilled to have this beautiful bounty.

And, given the current tomato scare, I’m so pleased to have my own little orbs to eat! I think my dinner tonight will be a lovely spinach salad with tomatoes and cucumbers.

What’s ready to pick in your veggie garden today?

By |2016-04-14T02:45:13-05:00June 10th, 2008|Blog, cucumbers, Sharing Nature's Garden, spinach, tomatoes, vegetable garden|17 Comments
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Not your mother’s mellow yellow!

Like a bolt of lightning, it hit me this week that I really like yellow in my garden. And I have a lot of it.

I’m off tomorrow on a trip for four days of glorious fun with girlfriends and my other passion – scrapbooking! So, here’s a nice, cheery slice of sunshine to share with you before I go.

No more whining about the wildlife or the heat (for the time being!). I’m off to the air-conditioned comfort of the Houston Westin Hotel and Galleria Mall. Did I mention I’d be shopping, too?!

Damianita
Mexican Hat
Viola
Snapdragon
oh – this is native and I can’t remember the name … help Texan bloggers?
Canna
Variegated Ginger
Esperanza
Oh – again, aging brain – these are those little Callia…..
somethings that are so popular….

That’s my show for the day. No deer damage or sightings. Bird baths and water bowls are all full to the brim. Have a great weekend ~ Ciao!

By |2017-11-29T23:27:54-06:00June 4th, 2008|Blog, Sharing Nature's Garden, Yellows|13 Comments
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A picture…

Is worth a thousand words, but unfortunately, I don’t have one.  

But I have to share this with you.  Emmie (or Lulu, take your pick), one of the two yearling does that has been living behind our house, nibbling on the septic field, and RAVASHING my plants every once in a while, paid us an up close and personal visit tonight.
Kallie and I were eating dinner, watching the birds outside eat their dinner and commenting on the occasional hummer.  When all of a sudden, Emmie stepped gingerly up to the bird bath, tipped her head and took a long, slow drink.  She stood there for a good 10 minutes.  We quit eating, quit moving, quit talking, because she was watching us inside the house.  We avoided eye contact, even, because, as I told Kallie, she needs that drink and we don’t want to scare her off.
After she wandered off into the woods and even before I’d finished my dinner, I quietly went outside to fill 4 birdbaths to the brim and fill the big metal dog water bowl I’d placed in the woods for the animals.  No more signs of her this evening.
This was so amazing, because it was hot, full, sunny daylight and she was so close to our world.  It lets you know how much they are suffering.  
Annie’s comment to my post last night put my heart back in the right place.  If they need some juicy plants to eat, they can have mine for a while.
By |2017-11-29T23:27:54-06:00June 3rd, 2008|Blog, deer, Sharing Nature's Garden|7 Comments
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The menu…

The menu was a salad of Hostas and Angel Wing begonias with a sprinkling of  Spiderwort, Toad lilies, Winecup.   Dessert was Delphinium with some Sunflower tops and, thank goodness, only one Rudbeckia bloom (they must not have been tasty).

Okay, so you’re thinking – WHY did she serve all of that?
Well, the deer USUALLY don’t bother things very often.  One thing here and there gets eaten.  
Well, even an old dog like me can learn, so, the salad bar is closed.
I’ll try to relocate the things I can move behind the fence, and hang the angel wing in a back yard tree.  
I’m having bad garden karma these days … is there any cure for that?  Some charm or potion or herb I can ingest to “right” myself?  
It was 100 yesterday and is predicted to hit 99 today, so I may just tire myself out for a break anyway.  Even more frustrating, since I’m hand watering for an hour every day right now!
On a BRIGHT note, I was delighted to find a new little sago palm frond growing up from an old seed that froze in the winter.    Love those little garden surprises.
By |2016-04-14T02:45:13-05:00June 2nd, 2008|Blog, deer, Sharing Nature's Garden|0 Comments
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Nothing…

Nothing.  That’s what’s left of the scattered wildflowers blooming, the salvia I dug up and transplanted and have been hand watering daily and the beautiful little 1 foot crepe myrtle tree that I transplanted as a volunteer this winter.

Because we have over an acre, we have guys come mow our lawn.  And I have had a new crew for the last 6 months.  And twice in the last month, they have sheared every single CLEARLY evident bloom off my butterfly bush and other shrubs and turned them into meatballs, after repeated requests that they simply NOT PRUNE in my yard.  And today while I was watering, I looked for my little babies and realized they mowed the pathway and weed-eated along the fence and obliterated it all.
So, right now I am in tears.  It wasn’t that much, but it’s the principle and it’s work I did with my own two hands, trying to build something from scratch.  I don’t know if anyone else will really get it, but I know you will.  I just had to vent.
Tomorrow I’ll call them and try to figure out a way to make this work.  I know they were only trying to be helpful, but this isn’t helping.
By |2016-04-14T02:45:13-05:00May 30th, 2008|Blog, Sharing Nature's Garden, Uncategorized|12 Comments
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