“Hell Raiser, Star Chaser”

February 12, 2010
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Hardscaping my hell-strip has led me to completely revisit the whole of my front garden design, forming it into a more naturalistic and visually organic scheme.

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“Winter Wormwood”

February 9, 2010
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Gardening Gone Wild… “Picture This” Photo Contest entry: February 2010:  “Winter Light”

Frosted-over Artemisia ‘Powis Castle’ mound, getting hit with early morning sun beams.
The plant recovered completely from this nipping a day or so later.

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“Bottom of ze Barrel”

February 5, 2010
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“foul is fair and fair is foul.”
I caught the ESP witches milling around this frost bitten shrub this evening on top of one of my mounds, (and YES, those are my citrus trees in the background!)  Something had prematurely brought this foul trio down from out of my post oak.  My heart immediately sank for [...]

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“Journey to the Center of the Patch”

January 31, 2010
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“Is there anything left alive in there”?  “Look how brown everything is”. “Is that a frozen Naboo tribal member stuck on the Botox lady’s lip”? “This is serious”.

Central Texas is back once again in the grip of yet another cold spell, I knew we were not going to get away with just one killer [...]

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