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A Review At The End Of Year Two
My garden “rewilding” project is now almost two years old, and this time of year (December) is a good time to reflect on progress achieved and lessons learned. Planting for the year is finished and projects now largely involve tidying, trimming, or fixing things here and there, and waiting for spring when the garden will Continue reading
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Decommissioning The Three Sisters Garden, And Lessons Learned
The Three Sisters Garden project has officially ended. The mounds have been dismantled, their soil moved elsewhere, and any remaining plant matter composted. It was an interesting thing to try, but I’m not going to do this again next year. Nevertheless, I’ve been collecting notes along the way as to what I have learned while Continue reading
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Three Sisters Status, And A Decision
The Three Sisters Garden was supposed to be a cooperative planting of corn, beans, and squash. The corn stalks would support the beans, the beans would feed the soil with nitrogen, and the squash leaves would shade the soil. And theoretically the three could be harvested together. Soup, anyone? In reality, my experience has been Continue reading
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“State Of The Garden” After 15 Months
Now that I have been here a little more than a year, I am just as excited about my nature project as I was when I started in February 2023. I was not in a hurry to create a master plan immediately. There were some basic principles that I wanted to follow, and some early Continue reading
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“Green Mulch”
In my desire to create a little nature reserve in my urban lot, I could have spent a lot of money to get everything designed and installed in the first year. However, I prefer to take the longer strategy of doing things in stages, learning as I go. I think that when I look back Continue reading
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“State Of The Garden” After 10 Months
Previous posts for reference: We moved to Seguin, TX in February 2023 to a newly built house on a developer lot that was effectively sterile from a nature point of view. My goal is eventually to convert this little piece of land into a balanced ecosystem that minimizes water use, encourages wildlife visitors, and is Continue reading
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A Big Day In The Back Yard
I had been looking forward to this day for months! Seven cubic yards of enriched topsoil were delivered here earlier this week by Maldonado Nursery. In preparation, the inner part of the back yard has had Bermudagrass removed or killed with the intent to plant or seed a variety of native plants. (The outside edge Continue reading
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Uncovering The Back Bed
Behind the house next to the patio a few months ago the Bermudagrass sod was manually removed. I knew that I wouldn’t be ready to plant things in that bed until the fall so for the summer I covered much of the ground with cardboard. That is also the current location of the Frogfruit “mother Continue reading
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Preparing For Fall
I arrived here in February 2023. Spring was designated for planning and the planting of trees and native grasses. Summer was designated for infrastructure projects and more planning. And fall is intended to be a big planting season. It is not my goal to finish planting the garden this year. However, I want at least 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 