Wisteria Lane this ain’t
October 04, 2006 Purple heart and mistflower (Eupatorium coelestinum) I have a theory that the better your garden looks, the worse you look while working in it. Or perhaps it’s the other way around. Or maybe it’s just me. God knows I’m no Bree Van de Camp when I’m gardening ...
Fresh air
September 27, 2006 The front garden’s salvias and lantanas make a crazy quilt of color. Yes, I’m one of those gardeners who mixes pink and orange. And loves it. We’ve enjoyed beautiful late-summer weather this week, with highs in the low nineties and fairly low humidity. Tomorrow promises to be ...
Bottle tree in bloom
September 24, 2006 Bottle tree Fall arrived on Friday with a last gasp (I hope) of oppressively hot and humid weather. Despite the mugginess, I worked outdoors with a circular saw, cordless drill, and concrete all morning, creating a bottle tree in the back garden. As regular readers may know, ...
Speed demon
September 21, 2006 Hummingbird and lantana While I was taking a few pictures of the garden this evening, the hummingbird I’ve been stalking all spring and summer flew down to the lantana right in front of me, no more than five feet away. I snapped a few photos as he ...
Mountain lions in urban areas — Are they in Austin?
September 21, 2006 In July I posted about The Beast in the Garden by David Baron, a nonfictional look at Boulder’s experience with mountain lions moving into suburbia. A real page-turner, the book follows the escalation of lion attacks from pets to humans, as well as the changing perceptions of ...
Well, it looks pretty to me
September 19, 2006 Damianita foliage coming back after drought Why am I showing you a brown, twiggy, half-dead looking plant? Because I’m thrilled to see sprigs of greenery sprouting from those dead-looking twigs. Interplanted with Mexican feathergrass, damianita lines the hell-strip of my yard along the curb. It’s a tough, ...
Why I'm at the computer instead of in the garden
September 17, 2006 Bill at Prairie Point just posted this blog meme, which I read with interest. Why do we blog? Do we share our blogging hobby with family and friends? How has blogging changed us? Reading Bill’s answers made me thoughtful about my own reasons for blogging, so I ...
Why I’m at the computer instead of in the garden
September 17, 2006 Bill at Prairie Point just posted this blog meme, which I read with interest. Why do we blog? Do we share our blogging hobby with family and friends? How has blogging changed us? Reading Bill’s answers made me thoughtful about my own reasons for blogging, so I ...
Bird's-eye view
September 16, 2006 Looking down at the garden from the upstairs windows this morning, it occurred to me that photos from that angle might prove useful for planning. Hmmm. Why didn’t I think of this before? A little history first. I put in the hardscaping for the garden right after ...
Bird’s-eye view
September 16, 2006 Looking down at the garden from the upstairs windows this morning, it occurred to me that photos from that angle might prove useful for planning. Hmmm. Why didn’t I think of this before? A little history first. I put in the hardscaping for the garden right after ...
Waiting-for-fall blues
September 14, 2006 Autumn sage (Salvia greggii) in early-fall bloom I’ve been feeling a bit lackluster about posting the last few days. Maybe it’s the endless-summer blues, which usually hit in August and last through September. Maybe it’s because, after a flurry of recent posts here at Digging, and a ...
Now for something completely different
September 11, 2006Susan at Garden Rant just posted photos from one of my favorite cities, Charleston, South Carolina, adding, “And all y’all gardenbloggers, I just LOVE seeing your nature- and garden-filled travel photos, so keep ’em coming.” Well, anyone who says “y’all” can have what she likes. Here ya go, ...
High and low
September 10, 2006 The first oxblood lily bulb flowered today. I went out to give them all a deep soaking, as instructed by M. at Zanthan, and found this one blazing at the edge of the Lindheimer muhly grass. I’m surprised by how tall the yellow bells have grown this ...
The hit list
September 09, 2006The good news first . . . My oxblood lilies are coming up! M. at Zanthan gave me about 20 bulbs way back in early May. It was already hot then, and I didn’t feel like digging them in, so I kept them in a paper bag in ...
Pretty pink & fall orange
September 07, 2006 ‘Carefree Beauty’ rose Yesterday’s north breeze enticed me into Shoal Creek Nursery down the street to pick out replacement annuals for the bedraggled narrowleaf zinnias in the front courtyard. I decided on purple chrysanthemums to bring out the purple trim on my house. Just in case purple ...
Pretty pink & fall orange
September 07, 2006 ‘Carefree Beauty’ rose Yesterday’s north breeze enticed me into Shoal Creek Nursery down the street to pick out replacement annuals for the bedraggled narrowleaf zinnias in the front courtyard. I decided on purple chrysanthemums to bring out the purple trim on my house. Just in case purple ...