Tenth year garden journal: Texas-French Hill Country House
Suddenly it occured to me I needed to check the Mountain Laurel! Was the first sign of spring blooming?
Yes! And what a beauty to behold…one last time.
18th Century Virginia Musings
Category: My French Country Gardens – Texas Hill Country Style
Ninth year garden journal: Texas-French Hill Country House
Gardening with butterflies and hummingbirds fluttering near me, and the old toad waiting patiently to be dripped by the faucet, are some of my favorite things.
Eighth year garden journal: Texas-French Hill Country House
While window shopping in Gruene, I bought a Texas flag holder for our Texas flag, and also a funny historical marker set in 1836.
Seventh year garden journal: Texas-French Hill Country House
The beauty of spring starts early in Texas, when the heady grape fragrance of purple Mountain Laurel wafts through the air in March.
Sixth year garden journal: Texas-French Hill Country House
While window shopping in Gruene, I found this great Texas star flag holder, perfect for our front post to hold the American flag.
Fourth year garden journal: Texas-French Hill Country House
We enlarged the front garden and planted another Live Oak tree near the original to create a Texas Hill Country style I love seeing everywhere.
Third Year Garden Journal: Texas-French Hill Country House
And then we built a split rail fence for the front yard to add that Texas Hill Country flair, in front of which I planted small bushes.
Second year garden journal: Texas-French Hill Country House
And then spring sprung in our Texas gardens, when the amaryllis bulbs from my mom’s garden bloomed, and again in summer with blue plumbago, cannas, gladiolas.
First year garden journal: Texas-French Hill Country House
But now that I have a blog with a garden theme, a metaphor for things I love, I should tell some of my gardening story, right?
Yard of the Month and Quarter at Sheppard AFB
Before I owned a house, I dabbled in gardening any way possible from college dorms, to apartments, and then base housing, where I won numerous awards.
