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	<title>Lost Valley Gardens CSA &#187; flowers</title>
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		<title>Spring Is In Full Swing</title>
		<link>http://lostvalleygardens.com/LVGblog/2012/04/17/spring-is-in-full-swing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2012 21:52:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carol</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We are already well into spring now here at the farm. We are harvesting onions and starting to harvest the first of the yellow finn potatoes. We have loads of not quite ripe tomatoes on the plants in the greenhouse and on the plants outdoors and expect to have ripe tomatoes in a couple of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Spring Slideshow</title>
		<link>http://lostvalleygardens.com/LVGblog/2012/04/03/spring-slideshow/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Apr 2012 20:54:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carol</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://lostvalleygardens.com/LVGblog/?p=858</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It has been so busy on the farm getting ready for spring that I haven&#8217;t had time to post lately. I have, however, taken the time to take some pictures so I thought I would create a slide show to share some of the activities that have been keeping us busy. We are planning to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Exciting Discoveries</title>
		<link>http://lostvalleygardens.com/LVGblog/2011/05/19/exciting-discoveries/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 May 2011 18:39:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carol</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[crested coral root orchid]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[spiked crested coralroot orchid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[thelesperma filifolium]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://lostvalleygardens.com/LVGblog/?p=537</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[My next door neighbor, who is very knowledgeable about native Texas plants, spotted a very rare plant on his property recently and invited me over to see it. The plant is a Spiked Crested Coralroot Orchid (Hexalectris spicata). I have never heard of this plant, nor seen it anywhere else. It is very unusual and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Birds, Bees and Butterflies</title>
		<link>http://lostvalleygardens.com/LVGblog/2011/04/09/birds-bees-and-butterflies/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Apr 2011 13:39:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carol</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Butterfly]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[bee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[buddleia alternifolia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[crossvine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[farming]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Monarch Butterfly]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://lostvalleygardens.com/LVGblog/?p=502</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The buddleia alternifolia in the courtyard is attracting all manner of bees and butterflies. The plant is absolutely alive with activity. I got a nice photograph of a monarch feeding on it late in the afternoon.]]></description>
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		<title>Spring Flowers Abound</title>
		<link>http://lostvalleygardens.com/LVGblog/2010/04/14/spring-flowers-abound/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Apr 2010 23:02:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carol</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[blue pimpernel]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://lostvalleygardens.com/LVGblog/?p=463</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This spring in Central Texas is the most colorful that we have had in years. Not only are there greater numbers and a larger variety of wildflowers this year, they are also much larger and more deep in color than I have ever seen. Every day brings new discoveries and more brilliant displays. We have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>El Nino Showers Continue</title>
		<link>http://lostvalleygardens.com/LVGblog/2010/03/16/el-nino-showers-continue/</link>
		<comments>http://lostvalleygardens.com/LVGblog/2010/03/16/el-nino-showers-continue/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 22:22:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carol</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[pansies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[transplants]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[vegetable transplants]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[violas]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://lostvalleygardens.com/LVGblog/?p=452</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Thanks to the el nino effect, this has been one of the wettest fall and winter seasons that I can remember since I moved to Central Texas over twenty years ago. The results of all this rain on the gardens and wildflowers is remarkable. The late winter, early spring blooming plants, such as the Carolina [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sizzling Summer in Austin</title>
		<link>http://lostvalleygardens.com/LVGblog/2009/07/17/sizzling-summer-in-austin/</link>
		<comments>http://lostvalleygardens.com/LVGblog/2009/07/17/sizzling-summer-in-austin/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 19:11:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carol</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://lostvalleygardens.com/LVGblog/?p=326</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Every summer for the past ten or so I have said to myself, surely this summer won't be as hot and dry as last summer, but unfortunately that just hasn't turned out to be the case. According to <a href="http://blogs.kxan.com/weather/2009/07/16/relief-coming-both-near-and-long-term/">Jim Spencer at KXAN</a>, 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.]]></description>
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		<title>Transitions</title>
		<link>http://lostvalleygardens.com/LVGblog/2009/05/27/transitions/</link>
		<comments>http://lostvalleygardens.com/LVGblog/2009/05/27/transitions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2009 14:26:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carol</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[begonias]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[caladiums]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[clematis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[petunias]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[roses]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://lostvalleygardens.com/LVGblog/?p=322</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This native Texas clematis has benefitted from the nice spring rains that we have been having. It has more blooms on it this year than it has had in the past ten years.]]></description>
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		<title>Grotto Pond is Complete</title>
		<link>http://lostvalleygardens.com/LVGblog/2009/05/07/grotto-pond-is-complete/</link>
		<comments>http://lostvalleygardens.com/LVGblog/2009/05/07/grotto-pond-is-complete/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2009 18:19:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carol</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[South African pearl daisy]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://lostvalleygardens.com/LVGblog/?p=312</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I didn't have much luck with the first desert willow tree that I planted several years ago. It is still alive, but barely. So when we built the retaining wall this spring, which created deep, well drained planting beds, I bought a new desert willow to plant in this bed. I have always wanted to have a mature desert willow tree. They have such beautiful blooms, interesting foliage and graceful growth habits. The blooms on this specimen almost look like orchids.]]></description>
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		<title>Easter Surprise</title>
		<link>http://lostvalleygardens.com/LVGblog/2009/04/13/easter-surprise/</link>
		<comments>http://lostvalleygardens.com/LVGblog/2009/04/13/easter-surprise/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2009 20:00:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carol</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[knock out rose]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://lostvalleygardens.com/LVGblog/?p=302</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We didn't have eggs or bunnies here for Easter, but this Indigo Bunting that we spotted in the back yard early Easter morning was a wonderful Easter surprise. We often see Painted Buntings here in the spring and summer, but I have never seen an Indigo Bunting. They are the most incredible shade of blue. ]]></description>
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