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Finally, Rain
We had not had rain since September 5. Finally, on November 5 we were blessed with 2.08 inches overnight. One of my goals here is to minimize rain run-off, so I’m always interested in how rainfall behaves when we get it. The garden isn’t mature enough to capture water as well as I want yet Continue reading
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Lanceleaf Coreopsis
Lanceleaf Coreopsis (Coreopsis lanceolata) is a plant that I tried to grow in Houston, but that one never flowered for me. Undeterred, that was my choice of plant to put in the giant pot that supports my rain gauge. It is now flowering, although it’s a little hard to notice among the other yellow blooms Continue reading
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A Rain Gauge With Accuracy And Capacity
In November last year I enrolled with the CoCoRaHS (Community Collaborative Rain, Hail, & Snow Network) citizen science precipitation monitoring system as a volunteer. I bought one of their required manual rain gauges and installed it in my garden in a location where there would be no interference from other structures. As station number TX-GP-173 Continue reading
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Science Is Happening Here
My education was in the biological/medical sciences, and even though I have long been out of the profession, that hasn’t taken away my interest and instincts. “Citizen science” or “community science” is important in a number of fields, and one of my earliest experiences of that was using the app iNaturalist. The first step 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 