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We Need Caterpillars!
If you want your garden to be visited by birds or butterflies, then you need to be willing to accept caterpillars, and they will voraciously eat holes in the leaves of their host plants. Even before I’d had a chance to plant much of anything here, we were blessed with an abundance of volunteer sunflowers.… Continue reading
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Sunflowers
With such a plain landscape in the early weeks here, I was thrilled to see at least two varieties of volunteer sunflowers arrive. The seeds might have been in the soil already, or perhaps dropped by passing birds. Unless they are in the way, I am letting them grow through their flower and seed cycle.… Continue reading
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The Starting Point
This is how it all started. In February 2023 we took ownership of a newly built house in Seguin, Texas, USA and this is how the lot was landscaped by the builder. The front yard was turfed with Bermudagrass sod, with two small Live Oak trees (variety unknown) and a bed near the house with… Continue reading
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Bug Love
I used to resent gardening. It was a chore that came with owning a house that had a yard and I felt that there were expectations. The lawn was supposed to stay green, even if that required expensive and/or time-consuming watering. The plants were supposed to stay pretty and not chewed by insects. If anything… Continue reading
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Why Am I “Rewilding My Lot”?
In February 2023 I moved into a new house in Seguin, Texas. There are 122 lots in this development, and the entire area was cleared for the building project. So there are no mature trees in the immediate vicinity, the “soil” is basically sand and stones with no organic matter, and the lot came with… Continue reading
About Me
Nature Lover.
Inquisitive Observer.
Student Gardener.
I invite you to join me on my journey to convert my sterile (from a nature point of view) new house lot to a healthy and diverse ecosystem, as I make discoveries, mistakes, and hopefully progress. I am not an expert or professional. The project started in February 2023 and the location is Seguin, Texas, USA.
Rewilding My Lot 