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Out on the Deck and South Side View

By ⋅ August 4, 2007 ⋅ 2 comments

I’m playing with a web service called ustream. You are seeing a live stream of either our backyard, or our south yard, hosted through ustream. Pretty cool. I need to tweak all of this to make it more interesting, so consider this just a test at the moment. Update: The video quality is not too […]

Everything is Growing

By ⋅ May 29, 2007 ⋅ 4 comments

We were adopted by a very cute kitten a couple of weeks ago. We call him Button. Kitten Up Close Our fennel and parsley plants were literally covered with swallowtail and monarch caterpillars this spring, and I have already begun seeing many butterflies in the gardens. Swallowtails on Fennel More Swallowtails on Fennel There are […]

Caterpillars and Roses

By ⋅ April 9, 2007 ⋅ 2 comments

I took these pictures last week before the cold snap arrived. It is hard to believe that it was snowing just two days ago. All of my plants seem to have weathered the cold with little damage. I did cover the tomato plants with thermal row cover fabric, so they should be fine. We planted […]

New Photos – Caterpillars, Butterflies and Bees

By ⋅ December 8, 2006 ⋅ One comment

These are the last of my fall photos. I finally got a shot of a monarch (last of the photos). I am not sure what type of caterpillar the first photo is – I am still researching it. I thought the caterpillar in the third photo was a monarch, but after doing a little research, […]

Favorite Photos

By ⋅ October 4, 2006 ⋅ Post a comment

Ron has been scanning some of the photos we have taken with our Canon EOS Rebel camera. I have selected two of my favorites to share with you. The first one is of a painted bunting. It was taken through the window of our laundry room. We have painted buntings here regularly in the spring […]

Garden Tour – Raised Beds

By ⋅ September 28, 2006 ⋅ Post a comment

As promised, we continue our tour of the Lost Valley Gardens test and market gardens today. These gardens were built over the past two years to test different varieties of vegetables, herbs, and perennials growing in raised beds in our area (Central Texas – eastern edge of the Edwards Plateau). We tried growing vegetables in […]

A Morning Stroll Through the Gardens

By ⋅ September 27, 2006 ⋅ Post a comment

I decided that it was time to take some pictures of the late summer garden as it transitions into its fall phase. This is perhaps the most colorful season of the year on our property, or maybe it’s just that spring seems so far away. One thing is certain, summer is NOT a growing season […]

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