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2012	August If you can read this (08/21/2012) July The New Caterpillar House (07/08/2012) May Chorus (05/11/2012) Garden Firsts (05/07/2012) A Visit to the Home of Lindheimer, Father of Texas Botany (05/03/2012) April Mama Owl Is in Da House! (04/24/2012) Giving a Turtle a Hand But Not Digits (04/20/2012) A Rainbow of Texas Wildflowers (04/18/2012) Cheers for Floral Pom-poms (04/16/2012) Meeting Wonderland's Caterpillar (04/14/2012) Oh How My Garden Grows -- Befores and Afters (04/09/2012) Cracking Up in a Most Eggscellent Way (04/09/2012) Florida Bound: A Cattle Stampede Means It's Time to Go Home (04/08/2012) Florida Bound: Homosassa Springs Wildlife State Park (04/06/2012) Florida Bound: Southern Everglades (04/05/2012) March Florida Bound: The Everglades, Anhinga Trail (03/31/2012) Florida Bound: Big Cypress Bend Boardwalk (03/25/2012) Florida Bound: Turtle Beach (03/22/2012) Florida Bound: Hornsby Bend to Falling Waters State Park (03/21/2012) Stop the Presses (03/19/2012) Driving Home with a Giant Silk Moth (03/05/2012) A Great Start to Spring (03/02/2012) February Playing in the Rain and Walking with the Birds (02/20/2012) Murchison Middle School Creates a Habitat (02/16/2012) Happy Hearts Day (02/14/2012) Texas' Oldest Mammal Species (02/10/2012) Uncommon Commons and Other Things (02/06/2012) Planting Sticks (02/01/2012) January Prepping for Pollinators (01/27/2012) Austin's Great Apes (01/22/2012) And Then There Were Reptiles (01/19/2012) The Watcher Is Watched (01/17/2012) Clay Family (01/15/2012) A Bounty of Big, Beautiful Pine Cones (01/12/2012) A Look Back at 2011, Our Third Year (01/09/2012)
2011	December 300 Vultures in a Pear Tree (12/27/2011) Squirrels Bearing Gifts (12/20/2011) Pine Cone Thief (12/09/2011) Well, That Answers That Question (12/03/2011) Growing Wild (12/02/2011) November To the Coast and Back (11/20/2011) The Skeleton Vine (11/17/2011) A Walk in the BCP Woods (11/14/2011) I'm Back! (11/10/2011) October Congratulations to our winner! (10/27/2011) Don't eat these. (10/25/2011) Austin Nurseries Giveaway: Hill Country Water Gardens (10/16/2011) Moving In, Moving Out (10/13/2011) Support Your Local Nursery: Barton Springs Nursery (10/05/2011) September Conversations at the Water Cooler (09/27/2011) The Hummer's Tongue (09/14/2011) You Are Not an Oriole (09/06/2011) In the Line of Fire (09/05/2011) August New Cedar Log Path Creates Woodland Zen (08/30/2011) Stump Planters Incoming (08/26/2011) One Soggy Pizza Box (08/15/2011) Help Keep Austin Wild As a Habitat Steward (08/13/2011) Woodpecker Wets Its Whistle (08/11/2011) Color Me Wild in Arkansas (08/09/2011) July We Be Monkeys (07/26/2011) In Great Numbers (07/23/2011) By the Light of Dawn (07/18/2011) Tree Gate Says, Welcome! (07/13/2011) Purple Martin Party (07/09/2011) Creature Features (07/01/2011) June Helping Wildlife in the Hot Summer (06/25/2011) Flower Power -- Welcome, Pollinators! (06/20/2011) Austin Pond Tour 2011 (06/17/2011) And Suddenly I Want More Standing Cypress (06/12/2011) What the Geck? O. (06/10/2011) New Garden Bed Does Well Despite Drought (06/09/2011) Sometimes You Feel Like a Nut (06/05/2011) May The Littlest Giant (05/31/2011) Enter the Skeksis (05/27/2011) Raising Two Swallowtail Species from Egg to Chrysalis (05/23/2011) Striking Artichoke Flowers and Rain Visit the Garden (05/19/2011) Frogzilla Lurks (05/17/2011) Our Baby Owl (05/15/2011) Almost Entirely Not Garden-Related (05/14/2011) Gardens on Tour, 2011 (05/12/2011) Meet the Crimson Patch (05/08/2011) Wildlife Spotted... and Spotted Wildlife (05/04/2011) Chirp If You Love Purple Martin Families (05/01/2011) April Quest for a Painted Bunting (04/28/2011) Easter Rocks... And I Mean That Literally (04/25/2011) Austin Art Yards Keep This City Weird (04/23/2011) Envy Me My Earth Day Hat (04/20/2011) Great Horned Owl Family (04/18/2011) Sustainable for My Family, for Wildlife, for Earth (04/14/2011) Bathing Bird Flocks, Owls, and No-Longer-Cute Squirrels (04/13/2011) Cute Squirrel Overload (04/11/2011) Itty Bitty Wren Babies (04/08/2011) Around the Garden (04/07/2011) Friendly, Adorable, Prehistoric (04/04/2011) March Hornsby Bend Birds Fit the Bill (03/31/2011) TX Mountain Laurel Brings Out the Pollinators (03/27/2011) The Beautiful Yet Notorious Guadalupe River (03/26/2011) Peachy Keen (03/23/2011) Early Blooms at the Wildflower Center (03/21/2011) Close Encounter of the Lunar Kind (03/20/2011) Hooting for Joy (03/18/2011) Upcoming Garden Symposium and New Blooms at Mayfield Park (03/16/2011) Nobody Panic (03/12/2011) When Engineers Water Plants (03/07/2011) Simply Wonderful (03/03/2011) February Dead Tree Goes Boom (02/28/2011) Feathers and Warts (02/21/2011) Dogs Show Off New Patio (02/18/2011) Gnome Love -- Is It 2B or Not 2B (02/14/2011) The Dearly Departed and the Cold-Hearted (02/13/2011) Nature Is My Yoga (02/11/2011) The Eggsperiment (02/09/2011) Snowbirds and Snowdogs (02/05/2011) My Plants Are Frozen and They Can't Get Up (02/03/2011) Happy Flying Pig Day (02/02/2011) January Touring a Local Recycling Center (01/31/2011) Ready, Set, Duck (01/27/2011) What Lies Beneath (01/24/2011) Welcome Back, Birdies (01/17/2011) Criss-Cross (01/14/2011) The Locally Grown Boggy Creek Farm (01/06/2011) Which Came First? The Chicken or the New Year (01/04/2011)
2010	December Wrapping Up the Year (12/31/2010) All I Want For Christmas Is Peas (12/23/2010) Bark and Chirp (12/18/2010) Don't They Know It's Winter? (12/16/2010) One Texas Alligator Lizard, Rescued (12/11/2010) Making Plantable Ornaments or Cards (12/10/2010) Lizard, Snake, Dragon, Tree (12/09/2010) Aluminum Can Flowers and Leaves (12/07/2010) Pretty in Red (12/03/2010) November History Lesson, Part II -- Pokeweed Ink (11/28/2010) An Autumn Hike Through Walnut Creek Park (11/21/2010) 5,000 Gallons of Rainwater (11/21/2010) Emergency Bug Hunt (11/14/2010) Nectar of the Gods (11/12/2010) Happiness Is a Smiling Dragonfly (11/10/2010) Fifteen Years (11/04/2010) How Much Do You Love Dirt? (11/01/2010) October My Favorite Tree, Anacua (10/28/2010) Busy, Busy, Busy (10/26/2010) Romancing the Stone (10/20/2010) Two Years and Growing (10/18/2010) Rock Star (10/14/2010) Upping Diversity (10/12/2010) Companions (10/10/2010) Join Me at Beautiful Wildlife Garden (10/07/2010) You Get My Point (10/05/2010) Quinquefoliolate -- Say It Five Times Fast (10/01/2010) September Heart Strings (09/30/2010) Yeti Spotted (09/28/2010) The Bewitching Black Witch Moth (09/26/2010) The Wandering Cassanova (09/20/2010) Similarities in the Garden (09/19/2010) History Lesson -- Making Pokeweed Ink (09/13/2010) Dude, You're a Big Amphibian (09/11/2010) Go Orange (09/09/2010) Trekking Through the Roughs (09/06/2010) Hummingbirds Are on the Move -- Feeding Tips (09/02/2010) The Moth That Ate Texas (09/01/2010) August Good Morning, Pavonia (08/28/2010) Pods of Justice (08/24/2010) Changes Afoot -- A New Garden Path (08/21/2010) The Improved Improved Feeders (08/17/2010) Closer, please. (08/15/2010) No More Bagged Mulch for Me (08/12/2010) Passiflora lutea, Yellow Passionflower (08/11/2010) The Object of His Affections (08/09/2010) The New Pond... and Still Low-Cost (08/06/2010) Sit on it, Potsie (08/05/2010) There and Back Again: AZ, NM, TX 2010 (08/02/2010) July There and Back Again: CO 2010, Part II (07/31/2010) There and Back Again: TX, NM, CO 2010 (07/30/2010) Full Circle (07/28/2010) Greetings from the Beautiful Lands (07/21/2010) Bird Brains (07/16/2010) Taking It To the Next Level (07/14/2010) And Then There Was One (07/11/2010) Different Is the Norm (07/09/2010) Get Your Cicadas in a Row, People (07/07/2010) Content Again (07/05/2010) AHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!! (07/03/2010) Bittersweet (07/02/2010) June Humming a Tune in the Garden (06/29/2010) School Daze (06/28/2010) I Should Apologize Now For All My "Cinns" (06/24/2010) Pollinator Power! It's Pollinator Week, June 21-27, 2010 (06/21/2010) One Moment in Time (06/21/2010) When Thieves Act Like Thieves (06/18/2010) Caterpillar Hotel (06/14/2010) We Have Bird Poop! Caterpillars, That Is (06/12/2010) From Cracked Earth to Floods (06/09/2010) BogeyMan Freak Out (06/05/2010) Growing Up (06/04/2010) How the Finch Stole My Heart (06/02/2010) May Predator vs. Predator (05/31/2010) Get Back! Or Rather, My Back Got Me (05/31/2010) Dragonfly Stalker (05/29/2010) Whatnots (05/27/2010) Above, Below, and Around the Hot Tub Pond (05/26/2010) The Wildlife Lover's Moral Dilemma (05/24/2010) Ssssimply Awessssome (05/19/2010) Up Close and Way Too Personal (05/16/2010) Having a (Soggy) Ball (05/15/2010) Wonderful (05/08/2010) Native Discoveries (05/06/2010) Natural Landmarks of the Texas Hill Country (05/05/2010) Completing the Set (05/03/2010) April Side by Side (04/25/2010) Happiness Is a Monarch (04/24/2010) Love Your Mother... Earth (04/22/2010) Eight Legs and Three Beaks (04/19/2010) Gardening Gone Wild -- green! (04/19/2010) The Graceful Eve's Necklace (04/16/2010) Cool Caterpillar (04/14/2010) One Morning (04/14/2010) Stumped By a Vine (04/12/2010) Return of the Swamp Thing (04/10/2010) Making Plant Markers (04/09/2010) Back in the Garden (04/08/2010) Happy Go Clucky (04/04/2010) And Now For Something Really Different (04/01/2010) March AwooOOOoooo (03/29/2010) Our New Schoolyard Habitat (03/28/2010) Screech, Screech! Seeing Double (03/22/2010) Screech! We have owl! (03/22/2010) Spring Forward, Winter Back (03/21/2010) Hey, Bud (03/14/2010) February Giving a Hoot (02/28/2010) The Velcro Plant, A Sticky Situation (02/28/2010) Muddy Snowmen (Central Texas-Style) (02/23/2010) Cedar Waxwings, A True Pleasure (02/22/2010) Urban Forest Steward Training (02/22/2010) Allright, Yes, You're Cute (02/21/2010) The Habitat Mom (02/19/2010) Bee My Valentine (02/14/2010) When Plants Attack (02/10/2010) Sustainable -- Loving and Living It (02/10/2010) Too Many Seeds! (02/05/2010) January Healthy Soil Makes a Healthy Garden (01/17/2010) That's the Way to Mix Compost! (01/13/2010) Earth-Friendly, Homemade (01/12/2010) Icy Falls (01/09/2010) Making that One Small Change (01/09/2010) Oh, the Guilt (01/07/2010) Harvest Before the Freeze (01/07/2010) Lo and Behold, It's Snow (01/03/2010) Nature Walks, Part 3b -- A Tour of McKinney Falls State Park (01/02/2010) Nature Walks, Part 3a -- Themes at McKinney Falls (01/02/2010) Nature Walks, Part 2 -- Hamilton Pool (01/01/2010) Nature Walks, Part 1 -- Westcave Preserve (01/01/2010)
2009	December The Zilker Holiday Tree (12/20/2009) School Habitat Project officially underway! (12/18/2009) Gawking at the Hawk (12/17/2009) San Miguel de Allende, The Heart of Mexico (12/10/2009) Snow (12/04/2009) Repeat After Me (12/03/2009) November Falling Behind on Comments, Eep (11/30/2009) The Beauty of Lost Maples in Fall (11/29/2009) War, Peace, and Bananas (11/20/2009) Snout Butterflies (11/18/2009) The Lovable Furry Creature (11/13/2009) At Last, a Male Monarch (11/11/2009) Scrappy Doo (11/11/2009) Spiny-Backed Orb Weaver (11/09/2009) Austin Garden Bloggers Take a Trip (11/08/2009) The Bulla Wildscape (11/03/2009) October Distinguishing Queens, Monarchs, and Others (10/30/2009) The New Trend in Pumpkin Carving (10/27/2009) Headless Horseman Strikes the Garden (10/25/2009) Inside Austin Gardens Tour 2009 (10/25/2009) First Official Harvest (10/21/2009) It's Texas Native Plants Week! Oct 19-23 (10/20/2009) Hola and Hi (10/19/2009) Reflections on the First Year (10/12/2009) A Visit to Mesa Verde (10/11/2009) Oh Deer (10/10/2009) Fall Plant Sale at the Wildflower Center (10/09/2009) The One Good Thing About Fire Ants (10/08/2009) Pollination Fascination (10/07/2009) Upcoming: Inaugural Texas Native Plant Week Oct 19-23 (10/07/2009) Corn Flakes (10/06/2009) This Garden Rocks (10/05/2009) The $40 Disappearing Fountain (10/03/2009) Love It or Leave It: Horseherb (10/02/2009) O Alien Seedpod (10/01/2009) September Plant ID -- Could it be a... (09/30/2009) Pumpkinball (09/29/2009) The After Bird Bath (09/28/2009) My Deepest Thanks (09/25/2009) One of Those Days (09/25/2009) Setting the Urban Example (09/23/2009) The Remarkable Hornsby Bend (09/23/2009) Rockport Hummer-Bird Festival 2009 (09/21/2009) Goodbye Cantaloupe Thing (09/18/2009) The Indiscriminate Hunter (09/17/2009) A New Use for Vinegar (09/16/2009) Blooming! GBBD September 2009 (09/15/2009) That's Not a Wildflower on My Head... (09/14/2009) The Aptly Named Beautyberry (09/13/2009) The Purpose of (Native) Weeds (09/11/2009) Habitat Steward Class begins! (09/11/2009) Less Paint, More Grout (09/09/2009) Vegetable Families (09/08/2009) Bad Drinking Habits of Citrus (09/06/2009) Becoming a Habitat Steward (09/04/2009) While the Gardener Is Away... (09/02/2009) The Formal Corn (09/01/2009) August Ladybug Superheroes (08/31/2009) Feeding the Hummingbirds (08/30/2009) The Indispensable Vinegar (08/29/2009) Best Words Ever in a Drought (08/27/2009) Rock-a-Bye, Baby (08/26/2009) Bee Happy and Skip Along (08/25/2009) Planning the Fall Garden (08/24/2009) Canta-loopy (08/23/2009) On My Knees -- Hello, Little Spider (08/22/2009) Cheering for the Survivors (08/22/2009) Dirty Little Secrets (08/18/2009) The Ever-Growing List (08/17/2009) Organic Veggie Gardening 101 (08/17/2009) GBBD Aug 09--The Short Version (08/15/2009) The Pests Cometh (08/13/2009) Whole Foods Lets Us Down (08/13/2009) Cantaloupe Sex Ed (08/12/2009) Welcome and Unwelcome Visitors (08/11/2009) Flower Anatomy (08/09/2009) Entwined (08/07/2009) What's Up, Doc? (08/05/2009) Toadally Frogsome Rescues, Dude (08/03/2009) Need Help with Weed ID (08/03/2009) July Creature from the Black Lagoon (07/31/2009) WANTED: Dead or Alive (07/29/2009) Edible Aria (07/28/2009) Gardening Gods, Why Do you Forsake Me (07/24/2009) Austin Pond Tour 2009 (07/22/2009) Pumpkin Army Bases, Day 15 (07/20/2009) Raising a Pumpkin Army... Day 6 (07/11/2009) Growth of Epic Proportions (07/09/2009) Fresh Popsicles, July 4 and Chocolate Berry Yumminess (07/04/2009) Ibis Blooms and Pond Fish to Avoid (07/02/2009) June Tropical Popsicles vs Summer Heat (06/27/2009) Texas Heat Wave and Planting (06/23/2009) Bee happy! It's Pollinators Week! June 22-28, 2009 (06/22/2009) Bird Socks and a Garden Mom's Pride (06/16/2009) Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day, June 2009 -- my first! (06/15/2009) Oh no -- my poor lilies (06/12/2009) Tornadoes and Rain Hit Austin (06/12/2009) This Day Is for the Birds (06/10/2009) Arrrgh, there be treasure in that garden (06/09/2009) Dog disasters, algae, hummer, and (no longer a) mystery plant (06/08/2009) Gray Hairs Are Like Invasive Plants (06/07/2009) I garden like I cook (06/06/2009) The algae... it's a-bloomin' (06/05/2009) Trying to fix comments in Movable Type (06/04/2009) If you build it, they will come.... (06/04/2009) Today's Green Smoothie (06/03/2009) Something's fishy about our pond (06/03/2009) May Pond plants at last! (05/31/2009) Bugs, blooms, and visitors (05/28/2009) We have waterfalls! (05/11/2009) Backtracking -- The Shade Sails, April '09 (05/11/2009) April Happy Earth Day! (04/22/2009) Oh how the garden grows (04/03/2009)
2008	November Not So Keen (11/02/2008) October Getting back to my grass roots (10/22/2008) I Am a Lily (10/22/2008) The pond begins (10/19/2008) The problem with a big yard (10/17/2008) A green thumb? Mine's covered in dirt (10/15/2008)

Meredith

Meredith O'Reilly happily
gardens for wildlife in
Austin, TX. She enjoys
educating people of all ages
about native flora, fauna,
and healthy environments.

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