There are a number of factors I consider when I am planning my garden for the season. The first thing I consider is, “What do I want to grow?“ That usually gets me looking online or in seed catalogs for seeds. If you have ever looked at a seed catalog, then you understand what a [...]
The gorgeous lavender flowers kept the bees very busy the past couple of weeks, but I noticed that the majority of the blooms had faded and the bees were absent Saturday morning. According to some sources, lavender flowers should be cut when the flowers first start blooming, in order to have the highest level of [...]
It was a beautiful day today, was it not? We woke up at 7 Saturday morning to go down to the Round Rock Farmer’s Market, where we picked up some beautiful carrots, a couple of loaves of tasty homemade bread (one was pumpkin, and the other was cracked pepper and Parmesan) and some homemade natural [...]
***UPDATE*** (I have transplanted creeping thyme between the flagstones on the path, click here to view Thyme To Transplant Between the Flagstones) The landscaping project is well on its way now. After coming home early yesterday, I drove down to Austin Landscaping Supplies and picked up a 1/2 yard of soil for the native plant [...]
***UPDATE** Please visit my new post for updated progress on this project. We have wanted to do something with the backyard now for quite some time. The garden boxes are nice and all, but we really wanted to create a butterfly garden and a little place to sit and relax. I’ve never done any landscaping [...]
