tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3859291696897577217.post6908354034796782005..comments2024-01-28T20:40:57.124-06:00Comments on austin agrodolce: Happy Spring (or, the Swearin' O' the Green)TexasDebhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11214888876514137890noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3859291696897577217.post-36985064023325864992016-04-14T14:56:56.959-05:002016-04-14T14:56:56.959-05:00Debra: Thank you. After the latest rains things ...Debra: Thank you. After the latest rains things are looking up. I was able to be out in the garden again for short spurts the past two days without paying too high a price. The end of the oak season is nigh, and not one day too soon. My "to-do" list is deeper than the piles of oak catkins everywhere! If we get the predicted rains again this weekend I'll be in pretty good shape. Onwards!TexasDebhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11214888876514137890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3859291696897577217.post-79034116583213243532016-04-13T12:19:49.751-05:002016-04-13T12:19:49.751-05:00Great eye candy as always. ty. Loved the little li...Great eye candy as always. ty. Loved the little lizard with the bubble gum throat. And the idea of planting a garden to be seen from inside. Hope you are feeling better.Debrahttp://mylandrestorationproject.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3859291696897577217.post-3528845404619273662016-03-31T07:05:10.125-05:002016-03-31T07:05:10.125-05:00Michael: My golden groundsel looks a little diffe...Michael: My golden groundsel looks a little different from everybody's I think. It is bird planted or wind blown, in a path close to a bed and not in an optimal spot. I'm thinking I'll try to transplant it soon and hope it can re-establish before the weather turns brutally hot. Failing that I'm certainly going to be on the lookout for more at my favorite natives nursery. <br /><br />Thanks for dropping by. I was happy to see your plants weren't completely demolished by the recent hailstorms in your area. Gardening in Texas is a series of challenges punctuated by brief periods of nice weather. I hope you get some of your fair share of that soon! TexasDebhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11214888876514137890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3859291696897577217.post-30019903562831123332016-03-30T22:36:38.535-05:002016-03-30T22:36:38.535-05:00Nice to have the red tropical sage mixed in with t...Nice to have the red tropical sage mixed in with the bluebonnets if you can't grow indian paintbrush. Your golden goundsel looks a little different from mine, but I agree on the ID. Hope you get more. They make a cheerful display in the spring. I like mine more each year as their footprint expands. Great bee pictures!Michael - Plano Prairie Gardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10288991916201553454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3859291696897577217.post-75397611806750031932016-03-27T08:06:35.782-05:002016-03-27T08:06:35.782-05:00Donna: I'd only seen aloe flower stalks in ot...Donna: I'd only seen aloe flower stalks in other people's gardens and pots previously, then one of the aloes here started to bloom a couple of years ago. Since that time, we've had different plants blooming each year in numbers dependent upon some feature or combination of biology or climate too subtle for me to suss out. The flowers aren't flashy certainly, but perhaps that enhances my appreciation of them a bit. Thanks for dropping by!TexasDebhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11214888876514137890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3859291696897577217.post-13307725086439350032016-03-26T19:32:29.933-05:002016-03-26T19:32:29.933-05:00Fabulous flowers...I love the salvias and I don...Fabulous flowers...I love the salvias and I don't think I have ever seen an aloe blooming.Donna@LivingFromHappinesshttp://www.livingfromhappiness.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3859291696897577217.post-8437457612839238952016-03-21T08:46:14.071-05:002016-03-21T08:46:14.071-05:00Kat: High praise - thank you so much! You neatly ...Kat: High praise - thank you so much! You neatly summarized what was a mostly unconscious attempt to emulate the casual interplay of blooming natives found in most cottage gardens. As to those bees - it was not that long ago I first learned of the myriad of native bees we Texans can call our own - previously I thought only in terms of honeybee or bumblebees as predominate pollinators. My ID stumbles are ongoing but I do (mostly) enjoy the attempt. <br /><br />"Oak pollen season will be over soon..." - gosh I hope you're right! In the meantime, stocking up on tissues and sticking inside as much as I can stand. Thanks for dropping in! TexasDebhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11214888876514137890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3859291696897577217.post-572680696207829612016-03-21T08:25:48.523-05:002016-03-21T08:25:48.523-05:00Your front border is magnificent--a Texas take on ...Your front border is magnificent--a Texas take on a cottage garden and a wonderful tangle of life.The bee on the bluebonnet has to be my favorite on a small scale. And I love that you name the bees--I know next to nothing about them so it's a treat to get that info so effortlessly.<br /><br />Keep good spirits. Oak pollen season will be over soon...<br /><br />Thanks for your encouragement at Hill Country Mysteries!Kathleen Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10868566314392048880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3859291696897577217.post-9049660537439138122016-03-20T21:34:19.638-05:002016-03-20T21:34:19.638-05:00Kris: A garden filled with bees, lizards, butterf...Kris: A garden filled with bees, lizards, butterflies and ladybugs is reward enough, photographs aside. Your spaces are lovely and serve as ongoing reminder that water wise gardening is not barren or sparse or devoid of life. In fact, quite the opposite as your blog illustrates time and time again. <br /><br />The pollen problems are a thorn, no question. Temporary though -pollen issues are all temporary, and the sooner begun the sooner ended I say. Onwards! TexasDebhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11214888876514137890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3859291696897577217.post-70760011174253532272016-03-20T20:04:39.019-05:002016-03-20T20:04:39.019-05:00Your garden is full of life! I'm sorry that c...Your garden is full of life! I'm sorry that comes with troublesome pollen as well. I love all the lupine and those beautiful tropical salvias. Your eye - and your camera - are more adept at catching sight of your insect visitors than I am in my own garden but we've also got bees and lizards aplenty, plus a smattering of sulphur butterflies and ladybugs. Kris Petersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07097260283693156795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3859291696897577217.post-4379702344895075642016-03-20T16:48:34.582-05:002016-03-20T16:48:34.582-05:00Shirley: Happy Spring right back! Bristly mallow...Shirley: Happy Spring right back! Bristly mallow was bird planted here. I find the flowers enchanting, and keep falling prey to an impulse to enjoy it for short spurts with the idea afterwards I'll pull it all out. (I never get it all out) I was thinking it will look so pretty in flower along with winecup. And it would, but I'm not sure they'll flower at the same time. Meanwhile, the mallow is already drawing pollinators. By the time I see winecups in bloom the mallow will have dropped seed. And so it goes... TexasDebhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11214888876514137890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3859291696897577217.post-26286669809101937102016-03-20T16:39:24.067-05:002016-03-20T16:39:24.067-05:00Tina: Thank you - I do appreciate it! The tropica...Tina: Thank you - I do appreciate it! The tropical salvia are so nice mixed in with the earlier wildflowers - I'm liking the new colors they add into the usual mix here. And honestly - more flowers equals more better. TexasDebhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11214888876514137890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3859291696897577217.post-59921091911438420452016-03-20T15:29:16.113-05:002016-03-20T15:29:16.113-05:00How pretty, everything is going along well in your...How pretty, everything is going along well in your garden.<br /><br />Love all the busy pollinators! Bristly mallow is a new one, it's probably around here somewhere. Too bad it's so aggressive since it's pretty.<br /><br />Happy Spring!<br /><br />Shirley/Rock-Oak-Deerhttp://rockoakdeer.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3859291696897577217.post-89083380967533079152016-03-20T13:09:37.858-05:002016-03-20T13:09:37.858-05:00Well, that's just a big ole sigh, looking at y...Well, that's just a big ole sigh, looking at your photos. I can't even point to one that is a favorite--all are just fabulous. Love the bums-up wasp, I've also seen those around recently, though not in quite so interesting a configuration. Bee shots--all gorgeous and the Texas spiny lizard posed handsomely. Isn't is a treat to have the Tropical Sage all blooming with spring flowers--I'm enjoying mine so much. Tinahttp://www.mygardenersays.comnoreply@blogger.com