Texas Bluebonnets: Better late than never

Although bluebonnets have been blooming around the Hill Country for a while, mine just started. I guess its better late than never. Here are some photos of Texas bluebonnets (Lupinus texensis) and a Takoha Daisy (Machaeranthera tanacetifolia) from my native garden.

Earth Day Tree Planting with the neighbor kids!

The neighbor kids and I planted a Texas Persimmon (Diospyros texana) this year for Earth Day. Happy belated Earth Day!

Annual Winecups and Purple Asters

The annual winecups (Callirhoe leiocarpa) have started to bloom in my native garden, along with the purple asters (Symphyotrichum patens var. patens). The Texas bluebonnets are on thier way!


My prairie coreopsis (Coreopsis palmata) is starting to take over. I thought this guy was going to be little, but you can tell by the far shots, that it is consuming the right side of the garden.

Sad times for the U.S. of A. have begun...

Unfortunately our country is so Xenophobic, our government (mainly the past administration, but construction hasn't stopped) thinks it is a good idea to put up a wall on our southern border. For some reason I distinctly remember, when I was little, our government telling someone else to "Tear down that wall!"... ironic we are now building one.

These pictures were taken east of Weslaco on Hwy 281, running along the border.

Santa Ana NWR

Double Soras

Double Golden-fronted Woodpeckers
Yea for mammals...

Female Summer Tanager

Sora
Pied-billed Grebe

Least Bittern (this was a first for me)

Couch's Kingbird

Rose-bellied Lizard
Green Jay

The Adventure Begins

We shall check back each month and see the progress of the composting shoes.

Compost'n

The compost digger.



Getting ready for an overhaul
The sifting system



Sifting through the to get the hummus.


Mmmmm, the finished product. I got 10 gallons worth of humified compost.

Spring Plant Sale

A native plant geeks dream.


2.5 hours before the ribbon cutting and people are lined up down the way.

Spring in the Hill Country

A few pictures from my house and out at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center.

Plains coreopsis (Coreopsis tinctoria) from my native garden


Sunflower (Helianthus sp.) in my veggie garden.

Eight-spotted Forester (Alypia octomaculata) on Virginia creeper along my house

Virginia creeper (Parthenocissus quinquefolia) along my house
The rest of the pictures are Lace cactus (Echinocereus reichenbachii) taken at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center





False day-flower (Tinantia anomala) on the Barton Creek Greenbelt