Black & white bird with red breast perched in hanging basket
Rose Breasted Grosbeak sitting in hanging basket outside kitchen window
Rose breasted grosbeak sitting in hanging basket
A bird I’ve never seen before at my #CoastalSouthTexas bird feeders before. There were 3 before I was able to grab my phone 🪶 Think it’s a Rose-Breasted Grosbeak
#birds
Green Cherry tomatoes on the vine, a week or two from ripening
Green cherry tomatoes & yellow tomato blossoms on the vine
Not long until the first cherry tomatoes of the season 🌱
#ContainerGarden
#CoastalSouthTexas
Finch perched on plant hook, hummingbird approaching feeder above hanging basket of multicolored petunias
2 hummingbirds feeding from feeder above hanging basket of pink & purple blooms
Hummingbird approaching feeder above hanging basket of petunias
Birds & Blooms
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#CoastalSouthTexas
Vintage Black Fiesta vase of zinnias grown from seed. Pink, coral, & yellow blooms
First cutting of the season. Zinnias grown from seed
🌱 #FlowerReport
#CoastalSouthTexas
Gerbera daisies & periwinkle in pots, ruffled peach hibiscus bloom on tree in pot, deep pink bougainvillea
Hibiscus trees in pot, front one has multiple red blooms, one in rear has 2 yellow blooms
Bougainvillea with deep pink blooms, mandevilla in pot has bright pink blooms
Morning glory vines growing up a shepherd hook plant holder, has deep purple blooms. Hanging basket of parsley Texas oaks in background
Flowers make me happy
🌱 #FlowerReport
#CoastalSouthTexas
In #CoastalSouthTexas regular gas is $3.89 gallon today. A month ago it was $2.33. Diesel is $5.29. Sigh.
Hummingbird hovering near feeder in front of flowering hanging basket
Hummingbird perched on branch of a variegated bougainvillea hanging basket
Hummingbird at feeder near petunia hanging basket
Potted mandevilla with 2 colors of pink blooms
I love spring. Blooms & hummingbirds
🌱 #FlowerReport
#CoastalSouthTexas
Zinnia bloom
Pink zinnia bloom
1st blooms of the season on my zinnias planted from seed. I’ll soon have daily cuttings for my kitchen
🌱 #FlowerReport
#CoastalSouthTexas
Peach hibiscus bloom with black swallowtail butterfly
Spring in #CoastalSouthTexas
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#FlowerReport
Volunteer sunflower that came up under the bird feeder
2 Ruffled peach hibiscus blooms on potted plant
2 yellow hibiscus blooms on on potted plant, red on other
February blooms make me extra happy
🌱 #FlowerReport
#CoastalSouthTexas
Prepping for hard freeze, plants in greenhouses with C9 Xmas lights
During the freeze, greenhouse closed up & C9 Christmas lights on to generate enough heat to keep plants alive
After the freeze when it’s back in the 70s, getting ready to pull plants out. Several of the hibiscus are blooming
One of the hibiscus that were in the greenhouse is blooming, a peach bloom with magenta center
We’ve gone from nights in low 20s last week to days in high 70s this week. No low temps forecast for next 2 weeks so pulled planets out of greenhouses. C9 Xmas lights worked well, hibiscus came out blooming. 🌱
#FlowerReport
#CoastalSouthTexas
Photo of bird feeders outside my kitchen window, woodpecker on the suet, male cardinal eating seeds on the ground
Chilly morning in #CoastalSouthTexas, woodpecker & a cardinal at the bird feeders 🪶
Texas yo-yo weather. It’s ridiculous to be sweating in 75 degrees while prepping for mid 20s on Saturday & Sunday
#CoastalSouthTexas
Potted plants under live oak tree outside kitchen window: pink impatiens; pink & white gerbera daisies; magenta bougainvillea; purple & pink morning glory blooms; coral hibiscus with magenta center; multiple ruffled peach hibiscus blooms
Pink & white gerbera blooms, pink impatiens in pots
Ruffled peach hibiscus blooms
Very warm winter so far, January blooms
🌱 #FlowerReport
#CoastalSouthTexas
Morning glory blooms , purplish blue color
Ruffled peach hibiscus blooms on potted plant. Blooms are 6-8 inches across
Red hibiscus bloom
Assorted varieties of cherry tomatoes; yellow pear tomatoes; yellow & red sweet peppers
December blooms & harvest from container & raised bed garden
#CoastalSouthTexas
🌱 #FlowerReport
Kitchen window view: red, yellow, & ruffled peach hibiscus in pots; magenta bougainvillea; blue & purple morning glory blooms; hanging basket of red poinsettia; pink zinnias.
Blue & purple morning glory blooms; red hibiscus; yellow mums in background
Yellow hibiscus blooms on potted tree. Under live oak tree. Hanging basket of spider plant in background
Upside to the very warm December we’re having in #CoastalSouthTexas, my flowers love it. #KitchenWindowView
#FlowerReport
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Ruffled peach hibiscus blooms on potted tree. Yellow mums & asparagus fern in background
Peach Ruffled hibiscus blooms on potted tree next to hibiscus with red blooms & bougainvillea with pink blooms. Yellow mums & asparagus ferns on table
Magenta bougainvillea blooms next to hibiscus with yellow blooms. Under a live oak tree
December in #CoastalSouthTexas
Bougainvillea, 3 Colors of hibiscus
#FlowerReport 🌱
Butterfly on hibiscus bloom
Butterfly on peach ruffled hibiscus bloom
Bees buzzing around peach ruffled hibiscus bloom
November Blooms, butterflies, & bees
#FlowerReport 🌱
#CoastalSouthTexas
Potted plants & hanging baskets at front of house. Red hibiscus, coral hibiscus, pansies, spider plant, mums, petunias, pink bougainvillea, coleus
Front porch: petunia, spider plant, sweet potato vine hanging baskets. Morning glory vines with purple blooms. Magenta blooms on bougainvillea in pot. Mums at front of steps. Pumpkins & gourds stacked
Grape tomatoes growing in container
November #FlowerReport & #ContainerGardening
We have ridiculously hot summers in #CoastalSouthTexas, but one trade off is very long growing season
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November harvest: beets; personal size watermelon; sweet peppers; banana peppers; grape & Cherry tomatoes
Today’s raised bed & container #garden harvest 🌱
#CoastalSouthTexas
4 yellow hibiscus blooms with red centers on potted tree
Yellow hibiscus blooms
#FlowerReport 🌱
#CoastalSouthTexas
Ruffled peach hibiscus bloom
Purple morning glory blooms
Multiple red hibiscus blooms on potted plant
October blooms in #CoastalSouthTexas
#FlowerReport 🌱
Banana peppers on the vine
Tomato plants in containers blooming & producing tomatoes for a late fall harvest
Spinach & basil growing in pots
Red sweet peppers on the vine in a raised bed
Benefit of our everlasting summer, #garden thriving in late October
🌱 #BackyardGardening
#CoastalSouthTexas
#RaisedBeds
Yellow blooms on cucumber vines
Yellow blooms & grape tomatoes on vine of tomato plant
Upside to our extremely long summers in #CoastalSouthTexas, have a 2nd round of cucumber & tomato plants blooming & producing
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3 red hibiscus blooms on potted plant
Morning glory vines with pink & purple blooms
Coral hibiscus bloom with deep magenta center
Hanging basket of purslane
September blooms in #CoastalSouthTexas
🌱 #FlowerReport
Pink Morning glory blooms
Red hibiscus blooms
Front porch: hanging baskets of petunias, impatiens, spider plants, bougainvillea. Potted hibiscus, bougainvillea morning glory. Spider lilies planted in ground next to house. Hummingbird flag
Front porch of house surrounded by plants. Plumeria, desert rose, mums, impatiens, bougainvillea morning glory, spider plant.
Flowers always keep me in a better mood. Attract birds, butterflies, bees. All beautiful & calming
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#FlowerReport
#CoastalSouthTexas
Sunflower that sprouted under a bird feeder
Spider lilies blooming after some much needed rain
Morning glory vines & blooms
Red impatiens & morning glory vines growing over old wooden chair
#FlowerReport 🌱🌺
September blooms
#CoastalSouthTexas
Beets; tomatoes; assorted lettuces; yellow sweet peppers; watermelon; zinnias & sunflowers
Today’s harvest from raised bed & container garden: veggies, watermelon, flowers
🌱 #FlowerReport
#CoastalSouthTexas
