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A New Plant For The Succulent Area
There is an area towards the back of the garden where I have clustered several succulent plants together and surrounded them with stones. The stones serve several purposes, including being shelter or habitat for small creatures, and being a place to collect the MANY stones that I have dug out of this ground (they were Continue reading
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Moving My Spare Stones
The land here (a new developer lot) contains a lot of stones, introduced by the builder as the lots were graded and levelled. As I have dug into the ground here, I have saved all but the smallest stones for a variety of projects here. They are markers, boundary edges, channel drain fillers, soil erosion Continue reading
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Red Yucca
In May 2023 I planted Red Yucca (Hesperaloe parviflora), which is confusingly not a yucca, but rather a member of the Century-Plant family. I wanted a way to use some of the stones that are abundant in the ground here (a builder “gift”!), and so I made a rock pile with three soil hollows that Continue reading
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Improving Erosion Control?
Since I moved here in February, there have been two significant water events when rain fell hard enough to move soil around. The second event last month allowed me to deduce more precisely how water moves across this property. In short, looking out into the back yard from the house, heavy rainfall moves from back Continue reading
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So Many Stones
The builder here used an abundance of stones to fill the lots in our development, so as I work in the garden, I have collected many that were in the way. I don’t want to waste them, so here’s where I’ve put them to work. Border Wall. Because of the quirky alignment of lots around 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 