Early summer flowers popping, deer fawning
Flowers are blooming and fawns are appearing in the garden. It’s the transition from spring to summer, a time of abundance.… Read More
Another fall walk and deer destruction at home
Beautiful fall weather enticed me out for another walk around Lady Bird Lake. But at home, the deer were on a tear.… Read More
Fawns welcome me home
A set of twin fawns has been bedding down in the garden, waiting for mom to return from a few hours of grazing. … Read More
Late-winter flora and fauna on my 17th blogiversary
Today is Digging’s blogiversary. I’ve been documenting my garden(s) — and gardens across the country, and beyond — for 17 years now. … Read More
My garden is a fawn nursery
Suddenly they’re everywhere, tiny fawns stashed in hiding places — under a bush, behind a potted plant, in a clump of feathergrass.… Read More
Wild things living in my garden
Twin fawns, rabbits, and hawk moths, oh my. Just a sampling of the wild creatures living in my garden. They’re cute when they’re little!… Read More
Glowing front-yard gardens, plus Fearless Gardening winner
Front-yard gardens glow with lights and light-catching plants, plus the winner of the Fearless Gardening giveaway is…… Read More
A critter season like Where’s Waldo?
This summer I’m living a Where’s Waldo? book. Every time I step into the front yard I can count on a fawn and myself mutually scaring the bejeesus out of each other.… Read More
Deer noshing on my dianella
Getting into my car last week, I was surprised to see a doe walking steadily toward me, ambling down the driveway like she owned the place.… Read More
Beebalm, skullcap, and more wild creatures
The early summer flowers like ‘Peter’s Purple’ monarda are strutting their stuff, so come along for a virtual tour of my garden!… Read More
Deer-Resistant Design book features my garden, other Austin gardens!
So much information about gardening with deer comes down to plant lists. Karen aims instead to tell the story of 13 deer-resistant gardens: how each one developed, what the owners envisioned, how they dealt with deer damage and adapted to the presence of deer in their pursuit of a beautiful garden.… Read More
More melanistic deer and a Texas-sized slug
Last evening, my husband and I spotted the usual groups of does and fawns as well as a few rare melanistic deer too. Their dusky coats make them even harder to see as the sun goes down. … Read More
Hoofed visitor
Stepping onto our front porch the other day, we spotted a shy visitor who wasn’t quite prepared to come all the way to the front door, although she was close. A doe was nosing around in the sedge lawnette, seemingly noshing on the cut “hay” from its recent trim-by-weed-whacker (the electric mower is on the fritz). … Read More
Fawn hiding in plain sight
Walking down the driveway to the mailbox yesterday, I passed not two feet from a tiny fawn curled up on the gravel garden path atop a cushion of green sedge. She didn’t move a muscle, holding completely still in hopes I wouldn’t see her, and I played along, walking past with no sign of the surprise I felt. … Read More