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	<title>Lost Valley Gardens CSA &#187; Nature</title>
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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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		<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>
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		<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>Full Time Organic Farming &#8211; My New Life</title>
		<link>http://lostvalleygardens.com/LVGblog/2011/02/06/full-time-organic-farming-my-new-life/</link>
		<comments>http://lostvalleygardens.com/LVGblog/2011/02/06/full-time-organic-farming-my-new-life/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Feb 2011 19:11:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carol</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Greenhouse]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[chicken raising]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some twelve or thirteen years ago Ron and I, disappointed in our corporate high tech jobs, set a goal of starting our own small business. We weren't completely sure exactly what kind of business it would be at that point, just that it would involve growing plants and vegetables. And so we set out on our journey of learning and discovery. There was so much to know, so many decisions to make, so far to go to get where we wanted to be. It seemed overwhelming and confusing many times, but we kept moving along at a slow and steady pace.]]></description>
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		<title>El Nino Showers Continue</title>
		<link>http://lostvalleygardens.com/LVGblog/2010/03/16/el-nino-showers-continue/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 22:22:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carol</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[El Nino]]></category>
		<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>Late February Central Texas Snowfall</title>
		<link>http://lostvalleygardens.com/LVGblog/2010/02/24/late-february-central-texas-snowfall/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 18:21:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carol</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We got more snowfall yesterday than I have ever seen in Texas. It was absolutely lovely, and gave me a chance to see my gardens in a whole new way. Here are just a few of the shots that I took while dodging silver dollar sized snowflakes. Sycamore Creek Valley in the Snow Sycamore Creek [...]]]></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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		<category><![CDATA[coreopsis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[courtyard]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[trellis]]></category>
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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>Easter Surprise</title>
		<link>http://lostvalleygardens.com/LVGblog/2009/04/13/easter-surprise/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2009 20:00:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carol</dc:creator>
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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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		<title>Fall Colors Abound</title>
		<link>http://lostvalleygardens.com/LVGblog/2008/11/25/fall-colors-abound/</link>
		<comments>http://lostvalleygardens.com/LVGblog/2008/11/25/fall-colors-abound/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Nov 2008 17:29:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carol</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://lostvalleygardens.com/LVGblog/?p=130</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Our valley is more colorful this year than I can ever remember it. I don&#8217;t know what determines the level of color in our native trees, but we have had very little rain here since last May, very hot summer temperatures, and a very mild fall so far. The red oaks seem to get more [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Another Positive Sign</title>
		<link>http://lostvalleygardens.com/LVGblog/2008/06/06/another-positive-sign/</link>
		<comments>http://lostvalleygardens.com/LVGblog/2008/06/06/another-positive-sign/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jun 2008 13:09:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carol</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Nature]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[rainbow]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Early morning rainbow sighting.]]></description>
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		<title>Just Another Day</title>
		<link>http://lostvalleygardens.com/LVGblog/2008/04/02/just-another-day/</link>
		<comments>http://lostvalleygardens.com/LVGblog/2008/04/02/just-another-day/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2008 19:28:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carol</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Gardening]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[birds]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[spring]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There is so much to do in the gardens at this time of the year it is easy to get engrossed in the work and to forget to step back and observe the miracle of spring happening everywhere. The whole valley behind our house is literally turning green before our eyes. New wildflowers are sprouting [...]]]></description>
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