by Geoff | Oct 13, 2010 | Gardening
A couple of weeks ago I got rid of the television and canceled cable. Yet I still found myself staring at the empty space that the TV used to occupy. What to do? Time for plant television. Now I can still sit on the couch, stare across the room, bits of drool forming at the corner of my mouth, and in the end feel virtuous about connecting with my bit of indoor nature.
by Noel | Oct 3, 2010 | CobraHead, Gardening
This big guy showed up while I was down on my hands and knees digging potatoes. It landed right in front of me and didn’t try to fly away when I picked it up. It is a really pretty moth. Almost the whole underwing is pink, and the moth shows off the bright color when its wings are open. All the pictures I shot with the wings open are blurred because of the moth’s wingbeats, but I posted one anyway, just to show what it looks like. I thought it was...
by Geoff | Oct 1, 2010 | Gardening
A few mornings ago I saw a praying mantis just outside my front door. I rushed to get my camera and as I took the pictures, I wondered why she continued to pose for me. Then I realized that a spider web enveloped some of her feet. I broke off the strand of web as best I could and let her climb onto a broom handle to find a new home. I don’t know if the spider had already bitten her or not, but she still seemed to have some of her senses. She chewed off some of...
by Geoff | Sep 20, 2010 | Gardening
It’s past time for planting my fall garden in Austin, and yet in my limited garden space the overgrown but still producing summer crops take up most of the four beds. Between nine foot tall okra, supposed bush beans that turned out to be super-spreading pole beans and a tomato patch that continues to tantalize me with the prospect of just a few more tomatoes, I don’t have much space left to put in greens, broccoli, collards, garlic, and other Fall delights. Crop...
by Anneliese | Sep 7, 2010 | Gardening
It’s not really a big secret that I am not a plant geek. In fact, up until a few years ago, I never had much use for flowers. There. I said it. However, I’ve been coming around, and it would be nice to at least know what’s growing in my own yard. Posting pictures here on the blog and asking for help has yielded very successful results for me in the past (you garden blog readers are such a resourceful bunch!), so I’ve decided to do it...
by Noel | Sep 2, 2010 | Gardening
I’m going to be quite happy with my squash plantings this year. I didn’t get my seeds started until the first week of June. Since I had no beds set up for the squash, I just cleared out the overgrown weeds in my compost area and stuck the seedlings in the extremely rich soil. I talk about the June planting here, and how well the vines were doing in August, here Now the pumpkin vines are collapsing but the rest of the vines are holding up pretty...
