Our Horticultural Attempts

Dan and I have attempted to grow many things in our yard.  Most of them have been successful.  Well, except for the 10 or so out of 20-some altheas we killed and two of our three sage bushes that died.  Other than that, we are doing pretty good!

In our yard, we currently have the following plants:

Back-yard
2 monster Rosemary bushes
1 Lady Bank's Rose bush 
Many (many) Irises
A good number of Daylilies
Some Daffodils
1 magenta Oleander
1 Gala Apple tree
1 Texas Star Hibiscus
1 Texas Sage
12 or so Althea
1 Gardenia
3 Gladiolas  
1 Pomegranate		 Front Yard
Multiple miscellaneous bushes that came with the house
4 miniature Crepe Myrtles
1 crooked Pin Oak
1 Live Oak (taller than 5 feet)
3 Saw-tooth Oaks (smaller than 3 feet)
1 Pecan tree (smaller than 3 feet)
2 European Rose trees

We really don't have a large yard.  
One day many years in the future, the next owner 
of this house will have quite a bit of fun removing trees.

                   

Our Yard In Bloom


Daffodil (2006)

Blooming Rosemary (2006)

 




Texas Star Hibiscus (2005)

 

 



Irises (2004)

 


Daylilies (2005)

 
Gladiolas (2005)

Althea (2004)

 



Lady Banks Rose Bush
(2003)

 


The Rosemary bushes and the Lady Bank's Rose under snow (2003)


The Rosemary, Lady Bank's Rose and Iris (2005)

                   

Critters

We attempt to grow everything in our yard organically to encourage a balanced eco-system in our yard.  As a result, Dan and I have found lots of things around our yard - spiders, frogs, butterflies, hummingbirds, earthworms, and even praying mantises and bunnies! 


Praying Mantises (2003)		 Purple Finch (2005)
Bunny (2004)

 


Garden Spiders (2004)

In 2004, we had a good number of large Garden Spiders that have decided that our yard was an all-you-can-eat-buffet of buggies - and they were right.  They were the one thing that helped keep the grasshopper population in control that year.  Of course, it didn't hurt that Dan and I would feed any grasshoppers we'd find to one of our 6 "pet" garden spiders.   Watching the spiders catch and wrap up the grasshoppers was like having our own nature show.  Who needs the Discovery Channel when we have our back yard?

                   

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Last updated: 13-Mar-06