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Weightlifting In The Garden
A huge benefit to me is that the City of Seguin offers free woodchip mulch for its residents. I have made much use of that in building pathways and tree circles at no cost besides the effort of hauling it home. Early in my time here I bought four sturdy reusable bags for this transport. Continue reading
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More Mulch On The Pathways
Apart from the walkway of Thunder Turf around the perimeter of the back yard, my pathways are made from free city mulch, originally placed on a layer of cardboard. Over time they compact down and so periodically they get an inch or two of fresh mulch on the top. I had intended the pathway “refreshing” Continue reading
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Adjusting Pathways And Reclaiming Land
Most of the mulch pathways that I first laid here last year are still in a good location and all I am doing to maintain them is periodically to add more woodchip. (The City of Seguin very helpfully allows residents to take as much as they want.) There is one strip, however, where I had Continue reading
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Too Much Of A Good Thing
The Firewheel aka Indian Blanket (Gaillardia pulchella) that I seeded last fall have grown so well that in some cases they’re crowding out other things. One of those was my valiant little Texas Mountain Laurel tree (photo above). I cut back some of the surrounding plants to give the tree more space, and to give me better access Continue reading
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Improvising A New Pathway
In this second year of creating a nature garden, I’ve written before about using annual plants to fill unplanned space with native wildflowers as “green mulch”. These plants protect the ground from erosion, help to capture rain water, aerate the soil with their roots, introduce much-needed organic matter that will eventually decay, and are food Continue reading
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An Ongoing Fall/Winter Task
When I first set up the cardboard & mulch pathways, the first covering of mulch was about two inches deep. That was enough to get started, but I knew that there would need to be more, not only to make the pathways thicker, but also on an ongoing basis to make up for compaction and Continue reading
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Building Pathways
I’ve plotted out pathways for the back garden, although nothing will be permanently installed, so things could be changed later. The first step was to lay down cardboard weighted down with stones to mark the routes. Then I had to pause this project when we got heavy rain that left the ground very wet for 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 