http://lostvalleygardens.com/LVGblog Sustainably, Organically Grown Vegetables, Fruits and Herbs Wed, 09 May 2012 20:08:37 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://lostvalleygardens.com/LVGblog/2011/04/09/birds-bees-and-butterflies/ http://lostvalleygardens.com/LVGblog/2011/04/09/birds-bees-and-butterflies/#comments Sat, 09 Apr 2011 13:39:17 +0000 Carol http://lostvalleygardens.com/LVGblog/?p=502 http://lostvalleygardens.com/LVGblog/2011/04/09/birds-bees-and-butterflies/feed/ 2 http://lostvalleygardens.com/LVGblog/2011/03/24/is-it-spring-or-summer/ http://lostvalleygardens.com/LVGblog/2011/03/24/is-it-spring-or-summer/#comments Thu, 24 Mar 2011 17:26:33 +0000 Carol http://lostvalleygardens.com/LVGblog/?p=497 Austin Funky Chicken Coop Tour, which is coming up on April 23, 2011. Ron went on the tour last year so we could get ideas for our first chicken coop and to collect information from local experts about what types of chickens do well here. Now, less than a year later, we have our first coop and a nice little family of chickens, two hens and one rooster.]]> http://lostvalleygardens.com/LVGblog/2011/03/24/is-it-spring-or-summer/feed/ 4 http://lostvalleygardens.com/LVGblog/2009/07/17/sizzling-summer-in-austin/ http://lostvalleygardens.com/LVGblog/2009/07/17/sizzling-summer-in-austin/#comments Fri, 17 Jul 2009 19:11:43 +0000 Carol http://lostvalleygardens.com/LVGblog/?p=326 Jim Spencer at KXAN, the summer of 2009 has already been the hottest summer on record so far, with more than 30 days over 100 degrees F. Add to that the fact that we have also had almost no rain for the past six weeks (see the drought map below), we remain in the worst drought that we have seen here for years. All in all, this makes for some terribly challenging growing and gardening conditions.]]> http://lostvalleygardens.com/LVGblog/2009/07/17/sizzling-summer-in-austin/feed/ 12 http://lostvalleygardens.com/LVGblog/2009/03/02/trellis-header-up-and-rafters-in-progress/ http://lostvalleygardens.com/LVGblog/2009/03/02/trellis-header-up-and-rafters-in-progress/#comments Mon, 02 Mar 2009 20:12:42 +0000 Carol http://lostvalleygardens.com/LVGblog/?p=169 http://lostvalleygardens.com/LVGblog/2009/03/02/trellis-header-up-and-rafters-in-progress/feed/ 0 http://lostvalleygardens.com/LVGblog/2008/11/25/fall-colors-abound/ http://lostvalleygardens.com/LVGblog/2008/11/25/fall-colors-abound/#comments Tue, 25 Nov 2008 17:29:15 +0000 Carol http://lostvalleygardens.com/LVGblog/?p=130 http://lostvalleygardens.com/LVGblog/2008/11/25/fall-colors-abound/feed/ 2 http://lostvalleygardens.com/LVGblog/2008/11/10/copper-canyon-daisies-and-giant-swallowtail/ http://lostvalleygardens.com/LVGblog/2008/11/10/copper-canyon-daisies-and-giant-swallowtail/#comments Mon, 10 Nov 2008 22:39:39 +0000 Carol http://lostvalleygardens.com/LVGblog/?p=124 http://lostvalleygardens.com/LVGblog/2008/11/10/copper-canyon-daisies-and-giant-swallowtail/feed/ 10 http://lostvalleygardens.com/LVGblog/2008/11/09/butterflies-caterpillars-and-moonflower-seeds/ http://lostvalleygardens.com/LVGblog/2008/11/09/butterflies-caterpillars-and-moonflower-seeds/#comments Sun, 09 Nov 2008 18:46:37 +0000 Carol http://lostvalleygardens.com/LVGblog/?p=119 http://lostvalleygardens.com/LVGblog/2008/11/09/butterflies-caterpillars-and-moonflower-seeds/feed/ 2 http://lostvalleygardens.com/LVGblog/2008/11/02/monarch-migration/ http://lostvalleygardens.com/LVGblog/2008/11/02/monarch-migration/#comments Sun, 02 Nov 2008 17:08:10 +0000 Carol http://lostvalleygardens.com/LVGblog/?p=115 http://lostvalleygardens.com/LVGblog/2008/11/02/monarch-migration/feed/ 5 http://lostvalleygardens.com/LVGblog/2008/06/28/black-swallowtail-butterfly/ http://lostvalleygardens.com/LVGblog/2008/06/28/black-swallowtail-butterfly/#comments Sat, 28 Jun 2008 16:03:47 +0000 Carol http://lostvalleygardens.com/LVGblog/?p=89 post a few weeks ago, we haven't had many butterflies this year, but the few that we have had have been large swallowtails.]]> http://lostvalleygardens.com/LVGblog/2008/06/28/black-swallowtail-butterfly/feed/ 3 http://lostvalleygardens.com/LVGblog/2008/06/04/western-tiger-swallowtail-butterfly/ http://lostvalleygardens.com/LVGblog/2008/06/04/western-tiger-swallowtail-butterfly/#comments Wed, 04 Jun 2008 17:11:19 +0000 Carol http://lostvalleygardens.com/gardenblog/?p=135 http://lostvalleygardens.com/LVGblog/2008/06/04/western-tiger-swallowtail-butterfly/feed/ 4