The back yard is teeming with insect life these days. to my delight there is now practically a swarm of monarchs on the blue Eupatorium. When I make a small disturbance near them, a dozen or more will take to the air at once.
More dismaying there are at least four species of […]
On our trip to the Hill Country we brought back a few four-inch pots from the Fredricksburg Herb Farm. Today after I got home from work I planted some of them.
Cilantro is supposed to reseed itself but it doesn’t seem to do so very reliably for me so I put a couple […]
Thirty years ago David Bamberger bought what he describes as “the worst land in Texas” and set out to restore it, inspired by a book by Louis Bromfield which he had read as a boy. The result is Bamberger Ranch.
He revitalized the land by removing much of the cedar and the deer […]
Tricia and I took a break from our usual responsibilities this past week and visited the little town of Fredricksburg in the Texas Hill Country. This is our second trip there and we stayed at the same comfortable B&B as before, while attending the annual symposium of the Native Plant Society of Texas, doing […]
The current topic at Ecotone is one of my favorites. I wish I had the energy to write something on it, but there is just so much to do. I worked late at the office today and tomorrow we are going to the State Fair. Maybe later.
Tricia was […]
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