9/11/2023 0 Comments Northwest texas scenery![]() ![]() I quickly learned there are a number of cultivars that grow in several sizes making them fairly versatile. In June we made a quick trip down and started making the rounds of the nurseries to find a crepe myrtle, a large shrub with billows of pink, red and white flowers. After trying to deal with them “organically” and failing, my daughter resorted to the heavy-duty stuff and they can now work in the yard with only minimal problems. Their first challenge after buying the house – which had been empty for two years – was to get rid of the fire ants that had taken up residence in the yard and were moving into the house. They built a vegetable garden box late last spring and promptly learned you don’t grow much in the heat of June through August. Their landscape has one tree, one crepe myrtle bush, a bed of perennials and a buffalo grass lawn. The kids moved to Round Rock, Texas, just north of Austin in June 2013 and quickly became homeowners. The reason is simple: If I expect to help my daughter and son-in-law learn to garden long distance, I am going to have learn about humidity, heat, fire ants and plants I’ve never heard of. However, I am now learning about the weather, topography and plants of another place in this great country – central Texas. ![]() The moss on my back and webs between my toes merely rehydrate in the rain. So it’s safe to say I am a dyed-in-the-wool Northwesterner. We found our way to the dry side of the state in 1976 following a job. ![]() I was born on the West Side of the state and grew up playing in the forests and on Puget Sound around Shelton. ![]()
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