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Return of Flowering (and Fruiting) Friday — the Garden Edition

April 22, 2016 by Pamela Parker Caird Leave a Comment

It’s only taken 3 years (gardening means patience, remember?), but, at last, our Darrow blackberry vines are bursting into flower. When we planted them originally, they were bare-root and nearly bare-leaf tiny little things. I think we got one blackberry last year, but things are really showing promise now.

Filed Under: Free Ranging Fridays, Kitchen Gardening, Nature

Hope Springs Eternal

March 21, 2016 by Pamela Parker Caird Leave a Comment

It’s been a while, but that doesn’t mean I’ve given up on my kitchen garden dreams. I’ve just gotten quieter about them, since certain issues (chickens! dogs! deer!) kept getting in the way of my ambitions. I feel a sense of deja vu as I write this, but, at last, finally, for real this time,…

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Wildflower Spring

May 9, 2015 by Pamela Parker Caird Leave a Comment

Yesterday afternoon brought just the latest in a series of powerful thunderstorms that have blown through our area in recent weeks. Even with the power flickering on and off and the weather radio siren blaring on the other side of the house, it was impossible to ignore the view-blurring intensity of the rain coming down….

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Filed Under: Austin, Kitchen Gardening, Nature, Photography, Wild (And Not So Wild) Life Tagged With: blossoms, flowering, Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Research Center, native species, wildflowers

The Bluebonnets In Our Front Yard

April 5, 2015 by Pamela Parker Caird Leave a Comment

Taken while the boys were hunting for Easter eggs this rainy morning. Posted by Free Range on Sunday, April 5, 2015

Filed Under: Family, Food & Drink, Holidays, Media, Nature Tagged With: bluebonnets, Easter, mockingbird, mockingbird song

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